Chapter 68

Kobayashi and Abstinence (小林と禁酒) is the sixty-eighth chapter of Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon.

Summary
Tohru asks Kobayashi to stay sober for a week.

Plot
Tohru notices that it is late and Kobayashi has not arrived yet. The door then opens to reveal Elma carrying Kobayashi who is asleep on her back. Once Kobayashi is awake, Tohru scolds her for not calling her to inform her that she will be late. Also that if she is dead drunk, she is drinking way too much. Kobayashi reassures that she can restrain herself and that this was only a rare occasion. Kobayashi then tells Tohru that she was happy that Tohru would look after her. Kobayashi says that she could have gotten drunk for the sake of Tohru. Tohru then asks Kobayashi to stay sober for a week for her sake. This causes Kobayashi to be very shocked.

Kobayashi is talking to Takiya about the punishment that Tohru handed out. It is revealed that she had a chug competition with Elma. Kobayashi questions how she will get through a week without alcohol. Takiya then suggests that Kobayashi drinks non-alcoholic beer. Kobayashi drinks the non-alcoholic beer but is unsatisfied with it. Tohru then brings over Lucoa because she has been on abstinence for hundreds of years. Lucoa then recalls the reason why she stopped drinking alcohol and how she stopped drinking. Lucoa says that she had to destroy all of her alcohol.

A week has passed since Kobayashi stopped drinking alcohol, and she realizes that she is somehow fine. Kobayashi then realizes that she understood that she is the type of person that drinks to relieve stress. Kobayashi then buys more alcohol and smells something in the air. Kobayashi then spots a huge old man drinking sake. The old man then offers Kobayashi a drink. Kobayashi first declines since she does not know him, but the man offers anyway since he has to give some to someone who can appreciate sake. Kobayashi then accepts the man's offer and takes a small glass. Both finish the rest of the sake and the old man begins to leave. They both head in the same direction ad Kobayashi offers to walk together. The old man tells Kobayashi that he is here to see his daughter. After Tohru sees the old man, he asks what Kimun Kamui is doing here. Kimun says that he wants to meet his daughter Kanna.

Characters

 * Kanna Kamui
 * Ilulu
 * Tohru
 * Elma
 * Kobayashi
 * Makoto Takiya
 * Quetzalcoatl
 * Kimun Kamui
 * Riko Saikawa