Chapter 59

Elma and Picnic is the fifty-ninth chapter of Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon.

Summary
Tohru asks Elma to escort Kanna, Saikawa, and Shouta into the mountains to go on a picnic.

Plot
On Elma's day off from work she receives a knock on her door. Revealed to be Kanna, Saikawa, and Shouta. Kanna reveals that they cannot go on trips without an adult. Elma reads a letter written by Tohru asking her to escort the three of them because she believes that she will do a splendid job.

In the mountains, Kanna suggests going fishing, which causes Elma to remember back to a time that she was "fished". After a suggestion from Elma, Kanna and Saikawa successfully catch a fish and decides to cook them. While Elma rests her feet in the stream, Shouta decides to investigate why the streams are not producing mana. Kanna and Saikawa decide to follow him. Ten minutes past and Elma realizes that the three kids are missing, bringing on a vision of Tohru being disappointed in her. She uses her clairvoyance in order to find them, however, Shouta detects her, thinking that it was Lucoa he blocks it.

After deciding to head back to camp, they realize that Elma is not there. Elma continues to search for the kids while Tohru continues to berate her in her mind. While searching she ends up running into a bear, asking it if it has seen any kids around. The bear begins to get hostile, but Elma manages to scare it away. Continuing to get frustrated since she cannot find the kids, Elma transforms into her dragon form and yells out for them, causing Shouta to cast a sleeping spell on Saikawa to prevent her from seeing Elma's dragon form. Kanna, Saikawa, and Shouta apologize for suddenly disappearing on her, so Kanna gives Elma a flower for forgiveness. Elma is then shown in Kobayashi's apartment getting thanked for taking them on a picnic.

Characters

 * Elma
 * Shouta Magatsuchi
 * Riko Saikawa
 * Kanna Kamui
 * Kobayashi
 * Tohru

Trivia
Kanna wears the lighter clothing that she wore in anime episodes 6 and 7 for the first time in the manga.