Chapter 83

Kobayashi and Final Battle (小林と決戦) is the eighty-third chapter of Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon.

Summary
Kobayashi receives a promotion.

Plot
While Tohru cooks breakfast, Kobayashi asks if she can ride on her back. Tohru asks what the occasion is while riding to work thinking it might be an anniversary, and Kobayashi alludes it as her last battle. At work, Elma and Takiya join her getting ready for the last battle as they all have a flashback. Elma was submitting a proposal to improve company policy but soon ran into the president, who thinks about the idea to recruit more staff. The only problem is that it will be a burden unless the newcomers are trained but Elma was able to adapt very quickly, so she makes Kobayashi team leader for a project and think about it if they do well. Kobayashi sees this as a chance to improve working conditions and give her a promotion and starts rounding up the team members, which include Takiya, Elma and Tatsuzawa, a newcomer, to start the tough assignment before the deadline. Tohru is very happy for Kobayashi and Kobayashi starts getting ready for a good night's sleep, though Tohru wants Kobayashi to spend time with her. Kanna asks if Kobayashi is okay, but Kobayashi explains she feels as if she is in Tartarus, so Kanna reveals her wings and makes a feather blanket for Kobayashi. Tohru joins in wanting to sleep next to Kobayashi even though there is no room. Illulu bursts in as well and hugs them all, crushing Kobayashi with her bust but they all sleep together anyways. Kobayashi, Elma, Takiya and Tatsuzawa start working hard every day and believe they will make it before the deadline even though Elma complains of barely being in food budget though Takiya reassures they will all sleep peacefully the next day. A co-worker suddenly informs Kobayashi about an email with changes that freak everyone out as they need change the whole thing. Kobayashi laments wasting away her magic earlier so Elma suggest she herself pulling an all-nighter, though Kobayashi wants everyone not to overwork and fires up everyone's spirits. At night, all the dragons come to cuddle with Kobayashi, crushing her, and Tohru exclaims that it is the most comfortable way to sleep. With Kanna's feather blanket, Illulu's bust pillow and Tohru lulling her to sleep, Kobayashi feels refreshed the next morning. The group continued to make corrections and the bugs that followed until the deadline. Mr. Magatsuchi congratulates Kobayashi for her promotion, even though its not different than before, and the president approved the request to increase staff, but he has another project for her. Being a protector mean she manages information about otherworlders and that there is one for each district, usually a mage. Even though Kobayashi had no powers, she has a rare trust with dragons and she would have to safeguard it, and Kobayashi thinks its like being a president of an otherworldy neighborhood association. When she arrives at home, she wonders if everyone will be just as happy as her, but notices Kanna and Illulu's worried expressions. As she enters her apartment, she sees Damocles, Kimun Kamui and an unknown person inside her home. It later explains Tatsuzawa was a mid-career hire who arrived shortly after Elma.

Characters

 * Tohru
 * Kobayashi
 * Makoto Takiya
 * Elma
 * Kanna Kamui
 * Ilulu
 * Mr. Magatsuchi
 * Kimun Kamui
 * Damocles
 * Telne (Debut)
 * Tatsuzawa (Debut)

Trivia

 * One of Kobayashi's bosses has a resemblance to Haru, the main character from Cool-kyou Shinja's other work Ojojojo.
 * Tohru's Father's name is revealed.