Linia Dedoldia is a delinquent cat-type beastwoman of the Dedoldia clan, a branch of the royal beastfolk family, and the niece of Ghislaine Dedoldia.
She is a student at the Ranoa University of Magic, where she specializes in offensive magic and serves as one of the school’s top delinquents alongside her childhood friend Pursena Adoldia.
Linia Dedoldia is a member of the beast race, specifically the cat-like Dedoldia clan from the Great Forest.
Although she is of the royal Doldia bloodline, she is considered academically poor and was sent abroad to study at the Ranoa University of Magic.
She is commonly referred to by her nickname “Linia”.
Her speech is characterized by ending her sentences with a catlike verbal tic, translated as “nya,” giving her a playful and rough tone.
At the Ranoa University of Magic, she majors in offensive magic and has mastered Advanced Fire Magic and Intermediate Water Magic, as well as beginner-level spells from the other four basic elements: earth, wind, healing, and detoxification.
Despite this magical training, she still relies heavily on her natural beastfolk agility and physical prowess in combat.
Linia once defeated Zanoba Shirone and destroyed the Roxy Migurdia figurine he carried, which enraged Rudeus Greyrat.
Rudeus completely overpowered her and locked her up for a full day, only releasing her after she apologized by letting him draw graffiti on her.
From that event onward, she began calling Rudeus “Boss” and informally accepts him as her superior in the school’s delinquent hierarchy.
Within the university, this led to Rudeus being regarded as the “head delinquent” after defeating both Linia and Pursena.
Linia lives almost entirely in the moment and acts on impulse without thinking things through.
She is careless, shortsighted, and driven by immediate emotion, which often drags her into trouble before she has time to consider the consequences.
Compared with Pursena Adoldia, Linia is usually the first to pick a fight or take action when the two are together.
She is quick-tempered and aggressive, reflecting the beastfolk emphasis on dominance and clear social ranking.
She is highly conscious of hierarchy and respects strength above all, which is why she accepts Rudeus as “Boss” after he decisively defeats her.
At the same time, she is easily cowed by true authority figures; in front of people like her father or other clear superiors, she shrinks, trembles, and becomes visibly nervous.
Linia has a natural charisma that draws similarly rough, troublemaking individuals to her.
Because of this, she and Pursena became the de facto leaders of the delinquent crowd at the Ranoa University of Magic before Rudeus arrived.
Despite her rough tongue and violent streak, Linia is not malicious at her core.
Her troublemaking tends to come more from immaturity, impulsiveness, and a desire to look cool or dominant than from genuine cruelty.
Linia is part of the Dedoldia family, a major line within the beastfolk of the Great Forest and directly connected to the royal Doldia clan.
She is Ghislaine Dedoldia’s niece, which places her close to the heart of beastfolk leadership.
However, her academic performance and general lack of seriousness caused concern among her family, especially the clan chief.
Worried about her poor intellect and attitude, the chief decided to send Linia abroad to the Ranoa University of Magic in hopes that she would gain education and discipline.
She was not sent alone; her childhood friend Pursena Adoldia was also sent to study there.
The two of them, already natural delinquents, quickly rose to the top of the university’s “bad crowd,” becoming a feared duo on campus.
Originally, the story concept was that Linia’s younger sister, Minitona Dedoldia, would be the one to reunite with Rudeus Greyrat at the Ranoa University of Magic and join his group.
However, due to the long distance from the Great Forest and the implausibility of sending Minitona abroad so soon after her kidnapping incident, this idea was discarded and Linia was used instead.
As a beastwoman of the Dedoldia clan, Linia possesses naturally high agility and physical strength.
This makes her formidable in close-range brawls, especially against ordinary opponents who lack similar physical enhancements.
She is a practitioner of the Doldia clan’s unique “Voice Magic”, a special beastfolk spell that can influence or incapacitate targets through sound.
In addition, she is capable of using Advanced Fire Magic, Intermediate Water Magic, and beginner-level earth, wind, healing, and detoxification spells.
In battle, Linia typically fights as the agile vanguard while Pursena provides support from the rear.
Linia uses martial arts and disruptive magic to confuse and scatter the enemy formation, creating openings for Pursena to use Voice Magic to neutralize key targets.
This combination is quite powerful by everyday standards, making the two of them dangerous opponents for most normal fighters or mages.
However, from Rudeus Greyrat’s perspective, Linia’s movements are still inefficient and slow compared with the truly elite fighters he has encountered.
Rudeus defeats her without difficulty, pointing out the waste in her movements and lack of refinement in both martial arts and magic usage.
Even so, their victory over Zanoba Shirone—who lacks agility and magical defense but has exceptional physical strength and durability—shows that their skill set can be highly effective against certain types of opponents.
Linia is the niece of Ghislaine Dedoldia, the feared swordmaster known for her brutal combat ability and straightforward personality.
This connection emphasizes Linia’s noble beastfolk heritage and partially explains the expectations placed on her by the clan.
Pursena is Linia’s childhood friend, partner in crime, and fellow delinquent leader at the Ranoa University of Magic.
Linia is usually the first to charge in physically, while Pursena tends to support from behind, making their teamwork a core part of their fighting style and social presence.
After being beaten and humiliated by Rudeus for destroying the Roxy Migurdia figurine, Linia starts calling him “Boss.”
She views him as the top of the delinquent hierarchy, and this dynamic reshapes the social order among the troublemakers at the university.
Linia and Pursena defeat Zanoba Shirone once, taking his treasured Roxy Migurdia figurine as a trophy.
When Linia breaks the figurine, this act becomes the trigger for Rudeus’s wrath and her subsequent defeat and “re-education.”
Minitona Dedoldia
Minitona is Linia’s younger sister.
Although she was originally planned to be the one studying at the Ranoa University of Magic and reuniting with Rudeus, the narrative instead places Linia in that role due to logistical and story considerations.
Linia’s distinctive verbal tic is ending her sentences with a catlike “nya,” reinforcing her feline beastfolk identity.
This habit gives her speech a playful yet thuggish flavor, making her lines stand out among the cast.
She often speaks in a rough, casual manner, emphasizing hierarchy and respect for strength.
A typical line reflecting her mindset is her insistence that the “Boss” does not fully understand how important it is to keep the organization’s internal ranking strictly defined.
Before Rudeus Greyrat becomes fully established at the Ranoa University of Magic, Linia and Pursena rule the delinquent circle as its top figures.
Their combination of physical strength, beastfolk intimidation, and small gang of followers allows them to dominate other troublemakers on campus.
After Rudeus defeats them, the internal hierarchy shifts: they acknowledge him as superior and begin treating him as the de facto leader.
This not only changes their personal relationship with Rudeus, but also alters how the rest of the delinquent group views him, giving him unexpected influence in a corner of campus life.
Even under Rudeus’s “command,” Linia remains impulsive, proud, and quick to pick fights.
However, the experience of being crushed by someone vastly stronger than herself forces her to at least partially recognize her own limitations, hinting at the possibility of growth beyond her original one-dimensional delinquent persona.
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