[Hearing Lilith’s complaint as a reader, you chuckled, "As a Human Progenitor, one of my bloodline abilities is that I have Perfect Memory. There’s not much difference if I read it fast or slow. It will all be completely memorized and recallable."]
[Lilith insisted, "But still... Reading them like that is a waste of the author’s intentions in setting up the narrative."]
["It’s not like those magic books where the reading speed doesn’t matter, since what’s more prioritized is comprehending the magic spell and knowledge inscribed on those books."]
["For novels, we must savor them like a gourmet dining at a fancy restaurant."]
["How about this: we’ll both read the same novel together while drinking tea, and I’ll show you the correct way of reading it."]
[Hearing this suggestion from Lilith, you couldn’t help but wonder if her intentions were that pure, or if she just wanted an excuse to spend time with you.]
[Regardless, you didn’t use Hint Prompt to verify. A little bit of uncertainty was quite nice, especially when being nigh-omniscient would be incredibly boring.]
[You nodded in agreement, "Sure, the two of us can do that. Since you know this better than me, how about you choose the romance novel that we’ll both read?"]
[Lilith agreed, and she took a novel titled <The Handsome Former Powerhouse’s Repayment After Being Saved By A Beautiful Succubus> from the bookshelf.]
[You didn’t know if it was intentional or not, but the way her pink-colored eyes looked at you wasn’t quite right. The novel she picked was also quite interesting, and you definitely felt that it must have been intentional on Lilith’s part.]
[Nevertheless, that didn’t deter you. Since she wanted to read that, then you’d gladly accompany her.]
[After Lilith took the novel, she placed it on your lap before filling both of your teacups with tea.]
[Afterwards, she sat down beside you, despite there being two couches that faced each other in the living room.]
[Due to her sitting quite close to you, you could almost feel her body temperature, and even her scent had wafted into your nose. It was a pleasant and sweet cherry scent.]
[As a High Succubus, Lilith’s natural body odor was very pleasant. If she wanted to, it could even be intensified to seduce her target like inhaling an aphrodisiac.]
[As for you, you merely enjoyed it but remained unaffected. Since she wanted to spend time reading with you, then you’d do just that!]
[These mere distractions won’t stop you from reading the entire novel!]
[Soon enough, several hours have passed.]
[During those hours, you and Lilith had read that romance novel. Aside from Lilith’s impure intentions at the start, she didn’t make any other moves, seemingly engrossed with reading the romance novel with you.]
[You had noticed that she might have already read this novel before, yet what she enjoyed was sharing it with you.]
[’Sure enough, that novel has a coincidental plot. It’s about the strongest from another world who had been besieged and almost died, but when he escaped, he was almost killed by a Dark Monster.’]
[’Then, a beautiful succubus who was passing by had saved him. It was quite similar to what Lilith and I have experienced, but it’s only at the start, since the later storyline had diverged into something way different.’]
[’But the ending is still the two of them living happily ever after.’]
[You weren’t quite surprised with the ending, since feel-good romance novels like these would definitely deliver a happy ending. It was why it was even labeled as a "feel-good" romance novel.]
[From the looks of it, Lilith didn’t like tragic endings in her romance novels.]
["By the way, Lilith, are you interested in traveling with me to the end of this world? I believe that the path to becoming the strongest is quite boring if I don’t have someone to walk it with."]
[Feeling that the atmosphere had already been built up, you decided to ask that question to Lilith.]
[Hearing your question, Lilith’s pink-colored eyes locked gazes with you before she asked, "Is this a confession?"]
[You shook your head. "You already know I have a wife back in my home universe, and I do have a way to return there. It’s something I won’t hide from you."]
["The reason why I’ve been traveling from universe to universe is to pursue power and become strong enough to protect those I care about. Incidentally, if I become strong enough in this universe, I also plan to deal with the source of the Perpetual Darkness."]
[Listening to your words, Lilith replied, "Does your wife mind?"]
[You shook your head, "She doesn’t. In fact, she already expected that there’s a huge possibility I’d meet someone I’d love when I’m traveling from universe to universe, and so the two of us agreed that she wouldn’t stop me."]
[Lilith responded, "Then I also don’t mind."]
["Huh?"]
[You were quite confused. ’Isn’t this progressing too fast?’]
["Believe me, my intentions are pure. I just want you to be my travel companion."]
[Lilith shook her head, "I’m not doubting you. But the thing is, my intentions aren’t."]
["Otherwise, why did you think I added something into the tea?"]
["A succubus like me inviting you to my home, what else do you think will happen?"]
[Hearing Lilith’s words that didn’t conceal any of her intentions, for a moment, you didn’t know how to respond.]
[You did notice that she added something to the tea, but you had assumed that it was a succubus’s specialty tea, and it was brewed like that.]
[After all, let alone drinking a tea brewed by a succubus, you haven’t entered the home of a succubus until now.]
[Noticing your confusion, Lilith replied, "You might have misunderstood my principles and ideals. Although I am pursuing true love, what I’m doing now doesn’t conflict with my pursuit."]
["There were other succubi like me who had pursued true love. Some were from other races. However, they all have one thing in common."]
["Those who had met with a tragic end to their pursuit of romance, it’s all due to hesitation and indecisiveness."]