Coconut crabs obtained from fisherman’s fish were properly trimmed and boiled in a large pot.

The claws were so large that they could not fit into the pot unless they were separated from the body.

If there is one more, it should be left up to the vice-president and Minami.

At first, it seemed like there was nothing to do other than seasoning it because it is a type of crab, but I sprinkled some salt just in case.

After putting the pot on the fire like that, I was able to put it on for an hour.

While I was concentrating on cooking, the chairman murmured while sitting in the hut and watching the sunset over the horizon.

“…When will Shinji and Minami return?”

“I will. Both of you are late.”

Saying so, I sat down next to the president.

“It will take some time until it’s cooked, so please talk to someone.”

“Is that so?”

Perhaps he was pleased with my proposal, the chairman looked at me with a slight smile.

The smiling face of the president sitting with his back against the setting sun was beautiful.

To the point of inadvertently forgetting what to say.

I asked, turning my head to hide the fact that I was momentarily lost.

“Chairman, this must be your first experience, isn’t it uncomfortable?”

Then the president slowly shook his head.

“Nothing really? It was rather enjoyable. As Yoosung-kun said, this is the first time in my life that I have experienced something like this. When will I ever visit a deserted island again?”

I was a little worried, but luckily it doesn’t seem to matter.

In this situation, I didn’t know that it was better to be positive.

In fact, for something that had drifted on a deserted island, the material was quite abundant.

“If that’s the case, I’m glad. I was wondering what to do if I thought it was uncomfortable.”

“I’m not the only one who grew up like a young lady?!”

After saying that, the president became angry and shut his mouth as if he felt an awkward atmosphere.

Since we were going to talk about something else in that state, there was nothing to do.

So we passed the time idly watching the flames in the bonfire.

There were some things that I didn’t have to do, but time passed quite well because I was doing this.

It seems that people are fussy about this.

After staring at the bonfire like that for a while, the president suddenly spoke up.

“By the way, Yooseong-kun, do you remember the first day we met?”

“When was the first time we met?”

I searched through old memories.

The first time I met the president was when I was in the second semester of my first year.

It remained as a strong memory because when I was reading Jump in full swing in class, he came to my class and asked me to become a clerk.

When I brought it up, the president said with a bitter smile.

“Actually, would you believe it if I told you that it wasn’t the first time we met?”

“Yes? Have we met before?”

“Yes. To be precise, it was during the first semester of my sophomore year before I became the student council president.”

The president said so, and began to recall the day he first met me.

***

That day was the day I secretly escaped from the mansion on the pretext of wanting to experience the common people.

Unlike now, as a simple and ordinary person, I had a strange curiosity about the lives of ordinary people.

That was when I went out and wandered around Shibuya by myself, and was hunted by men who looked bad.

You who passed by then saved me.

‘Hey, you guys. I don’t know what’s going on, but women don’t like it.’

In the past and now, you were a rookie and a meddling.

Because he knocked out the arguing bastards at once and saved me.

After that, you kindly helped me, even though I was annoyed that I wanted to do the common people experience.

It was then that I began to take an interest in you.

“It was.”

I pretended to be calm, but inside I was puzzled.

‘Did I ever meet the president in the first semester of my first year?’

To be honest, I didn’t think of it at all.

Because if I had met a beautiful woman like you, I would have been remembered in some way.

Anyway, I can’t disturb the president who seems to be drenched in memories, so I listened quietly to what the president was saying.

Bogle! Bogle!

“Oh, it’s overflowing.”

I got up hastily and opened the lid of the pot I had put on the fire.

The red-ripe coconut crab shells greeted me.

I looked back and said

“Chairman, I think you can eat slowly.”

Then the president, who had been telling stories from the past, stood up on his knees.

“Is that time already?”

“Because we’ve been talking for quite some time.”

I took out the coconut crab with tongs and put it on a tray.

Even if you only have a torso, it’s almost the size of my forearm.

When the red ripe carapace was plucked, the first green intestines were visible.

There was nothing to throw away because the crustacean intestines were fragrant and delicious.

I made a long scabbard on the shell to run from the body to the tail.

After that, take out only the flesh so that it is easy to eat and put it on a plate.

The president, who had been engrossed in the story until recently, swallowed his saliva as if he was hungry when the crab meat was placed in front of him.

“Um, can I eat it?”

“Anyway.”

I answered and handed the fork.

Chairman, who took a bite of white and red crab meat and put it in his mouth, opened his eyes wide in an instant and trembled.

“…it’s delicious.”

“Is it different from regular crab meat?”

“At first, I thought the taste was similar to lobster, but it is more like snow crab than lobster.

After hearing the president’s comments, I cut the crab meat into bite-size pieces with a fork and put it in my mouth.

“……”

Literally melts in your mouth.

It looked like it could be eaten.

Perhaps they were thinking the same thing, the president, who met my eyes, said with a humble expression.

“Can I eat more?”

I offered a whole tray of coconut crab to such president.

***

By the time we finished eating the coconut crab, the sun had set completely.

In my mind, I wanted to cook ramen with the leftover claws, but since this is not Korea and there was no way there was such a thing in the stomach, I ate fried rice with the intestines instead.

After eating one frugally, I put the boiled coconut crab in the refrigerator on the yacht for the two of us who had not yet returned.

After returning to the beach, I checked the time on my watch and asked.

“Chairman, it’s almost 9 o’clock, so why don’t you just go to sleep?”

“Yes? Already? I don’t think it’s time for bed yet.”

“Unlike being in the mansion, there’s nothing to do when you’re awake.”

In such a case, it is beneficial to go to bed early and wake up late.

Not only that, they also smoked incense to repel insects, so the inside of the tent was comfortable in its own way.

Even though the bed is uncomfortable, it is an environment where you can sleep well.

“Even if I say I sleep inside, what will Yooseong-kun do?”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t sleep for a day or so. And in case you don’t know, you need someone to call you.”

“Don’t do that, you’ll be tired, but close your eyes for a while. You can use a blanket together.”

As the president said so, he lifted the blanket he had been covering over his shoulders.

It must have been something he did without realizing it, but to be honest, I was a little embarrassed.

Because I am a man too.

I asked after a bit of silence.

“Chairman, don’t you see me as a man?”

Then the president tilted his head and said.

“You look like a man?”

“No, I don’t mean that…”

As I tried to refute the president’s words, I realized that the story was going strangely and shut my mouth.

And he felt the atmosphere was strange, and while trying to ask, “Why is the president like that?”, he hastily apologized for realizing his mistake late.

“Yoosung-kun, I didn’t mean what you said just like that…”

Then it suddenly stopped moving.

“No, no. I’ll stop lying to you now.”

The president kept his back straight and looked at me with a serious face and said.

“Yoosung-kun, I see you as a man.”

“…what does that mean?”

“Literally. When I first met Yooseong-kun, it was just a small interest. But while I was with you in the student council and watching you next to me, I learned a lot of good things that other people didn’t know.”

Her eyes, who sat facing each other, reflected my image like clear glass grains.

“At first, I even thought about breaking this heart. As Yoo Seong-kun knows, I am a daughter of a noble family, on the other hand, Yooseong-kun is not an ordinary Japanese, but a Korean-Japanese who has a Korean father and a Korean mother. “If you find out, you’ll be furious and object to it, but- I don’t want to lie anymore. To the way I feel, and to my heart towards you.”

The president raised his right arm that was hidden under the blanket and stroked my face and asked.

“Yoosung-kun, I’m going to ask you for the first and last time. Please answer me seriously.”

“…yes.”

After a while, the president looked straight at me and spoke clearly.

“Can I adore you?”

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