Linia Dedoldia – Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

Linia eventually graduates from Ranoa University alongside Pursena. Instead of returning to fulfill the responsibilities expected of her in Doldia Village, she attempts to establish herself as a traveling merchant. She transports goods between Asura and the northern territories, borrowing money to finance her trade. The venture ends badly when she is swindled and cannot repay her debts. Her creditors have her sold into slavery, bringing an abrupt end to her ambition of making a living independently.

Linia escapes from the slave traders and encounters Eris Greyrat, who takes her in. The traders subsequently arrive at Rudeus's home to reclaim her. They explain that a buyer from the Boreas family has already arranged to purchase Linia. Rather than surrender an old acquaintance, Rudeus pays the traders himself and assumes responsibility for her considerable debt.

Rudeus initially has Linia work as a maid under his younger sister Aisha. It is a spectacularly poor fit. Linia breaks household items, leaves fur on the laundry, and repeatedly frustrates Aisha with her carelessness. Sylphiette also becomes unhappy with the arrangement. Eris is more accommodating, but the other household members make it clear that Linia cannot continue working there indefinitely.

Linia considers becoming Rudeus's fourth wife, partly because she hopes marriage would eliminate her debt. Eris raises the possibility of a relationship between them, but Rudeus rejects the arrangement. He is unwilling to make the already uncomfortable household situation worse and prefers to preserve their friendship. He consequently begins searching for another occupation for Linia.

Finding Linia suitable work proves difficult. Rudeus considers employing her in research, sales, domestic service, and adventuring before deciding that she might be better at recruiting people to assist his operations for Orsted. He acquires a building for the venture and places Aisha in charge of supervising Linia.

The results exceed Rudeus's expectations. During his absence, Linia recruits more than thirty people, while Aisha finds practical uses for the growing workforce. Since many of the recruits are fighters, the business develops into a mercenary company providing services such as hired protection. By the time Rudeus returns, it has around fifty employees, a recognizable uniform, and paying customers. The organization becomes known as Ruquag's Mercenary Company, or Ruquag's Mercenary Band.

Aisha handles the difficult organizational and financial work, while Linia's ability to gather followers becomes genuinely useful. The mercenary business offers Linia a realistic means of repaying Rudeus without remaining an ineffective household servant. It also provides personnel who can assist Rudeus with his broader assignments.

A message from the Great Forest brings Linia back to Doldia Village alongside Rudeus and the Sacred Beast Leo. The villagers are alarmed by Leo's disappearance and demand an explanation. They also recognize Linia, whose decision to abandon her expected duties and become a merchant has done little for her standing at home. Rudeus explains how her commercial failure led to her enslavement and subsequent rescue.

The visit also reveals that Pursena has fallen into serious trouble. After returning home, Pursena became a warrior leader and a candidate for higher responsibility, only to lose her position when she ate the village's emergency meat supplies while assigned to guard them. She is imprisoned, and Rudeus's investigation establishes what happened. Although Linia cannot erase her friend's offense, she proposes an alternative to leaving Pursena disgraced in prison.

Linia suggests that Pursena accompany Leo as his caretaker. She argues that dedicated service over the following ten years could provide a path toward forgiveness. With Rudeus supporting the proposal, Gyes accepts it. Pursena returns to Sharia with them and subsequently becomes involved in the mercenary organization's work.

Linia and Pursena remain active in the mercenary organization through later events. In the final light-novel volume, after the climactic conflict in the Biheiril Kingdom, members of Ruquag's Mercenary Band help rebuild the Superd Village near the Ravine of the Earthwyrm. Aisha coordinates the reconstruction effort, while Linia and Pursena direct the mercenaries after receiving her instructions. Their involvement places both former university troublemakers in charge of practical work for a community recovering from a major conflict.

An in-world historical dossier included in the final novel identifies Liniana Dedoldia as the leader of Ruquag's Mercenary Band. The document also describes her as a leader of her beastfolk tribe and records the belief that she served as an intermediary between Rudeus and the beastfolk. This latter role is presented as the historical compiler's assessment, rather than an independently narrated diplomatic episode.