"Hi! Thanks for joining me on this brief stream. I wanted to reach out to you all to get an idea of the next games you all want me to play!" I say in a falsely cheerful voice. I make sure that I am sitting in a way to that the tank top I was wearing was down a bit, the straps on my bra were showing, and you can see the slightest bit of cleavage.

I don't like behaving in this manner, but this is where life has led me, and I am bound and determined to make the best of it. So, I will flaunt myself as best I can with the looks I have.

"Oh! I am seeing that a few of you are wanting me to play a horror game! Are you just wanting to see what I look like when I am scared?"

"Haha, oh well I am glad that you are honest. Let's see. Oh, a farming simulator? Dating sims? Okay those are some great suggestions. I'll put up a poll on my site real quick."

I lean over a bit more to type. Really, I already have the poll ready to post as I know the people that watch my channel.

"Haha okay! You all know the next game. You have 10 minutes to vote and ask me all of the questions you want." I say and flash them a flirtatious smile. Just like I knew the poll I know the kinds of questions I will get. Things such as what brand of make-up do you use, how do you choose the next character to cosplay, what is your favorite color, how old am I, what did I eat for breakfast and what color underwear am I wearing. I have an answer prepared for everything.

At first I had struggled with how to answer some questions. I somehow used to think that modesty was sexy, and that being a competent professional could be hot. But... After a scandal I had to throw all of that out the window. To an extent. Although I had a few requests, I haven't felt desperate enough to create an Only Admirers account. Not that everyone who did was desperate. Some people just seemed to like attention. Good for them, they can go live their best lives.

"And that's time!" I say and lift my hands up and give them a bright smile. "Oh, so we are going with a horror game then. My goodness you all really do want to see me scared don't you? Well, some people say that fear mimics the feelings of love. You all want me to love you even more than I do? So greedy." Well timed chuckle. "I mean, how can I love you any more than I already do? Bunny!" I say and do little bunny paws. They love it when I do little bunny paws. It's become a habit now.

"Do I at least get to pick out the horror game? No? Okay then what should I play then? Uh huh. Uh huh. Oh okay. That is a new one in third person view? Aww, you are so sweet, remembering that I have motion sickness." Yup, I am a streamer with motion sickness. No FPS for me. "Okay I'll purchase that game. Don't forget, on my patreon there is a new poll for what I should wear next. Let's have some fun! Bye bye!" I give a cute little wave and close the laptop.

I flop on my bed and stare at the ceiling, pulling my blanket up and over me. I am getting used to it, but I still didn't love the feeling of people's eyes roaming all over my body. It makes my skin feel almost itchy. You know what? I could use a bubble bath.

I walk the few steps to my bathroom and begin to fill it up with sudsy bubbles. My apartment is so small that the smell of the bubble bath permeates the air. I check my gaming consul and make sure that my handheld is charged. I have a new game that I am completely obsessed with. I choose not to play it on my channel because I want some part of my life that is just mine. Where I can be just me, just Elia and not "Sugar Bunny."

I look across the room to the reason that I am being called Sugar Bunny. I have a cute snowy white rabbit in a large cage that takes up half of the living room. I have my bedroom so I did my best to construct a large cage for her, complete with little toys, tunnels to crawl through, treats, food and water. She also had a rabbit ball for when I wanted to get her out of the cage and run around the room.

Some people have bunnies that poop everywhere and chewed up chords. Not me though. Snowy is the best bunny that ever did hop. She is gentle and sweet. She loves to be held and cuddling is just about her favorite things ever. I often have her in my lap while streaming. I pet her soft white fur when I get anxious. I have also held her up to "wave at the camera". People go crazy for her soft cuteness.

The bath is now full, so I grab my gaming device, strip down and slide in. Okay. I am still trying to find the hidden route. This game seems to be a bit different from other otome games, as there is more freedom and more movement. There is also a large cast of characters. It was easy to find the four main leads, but after beating their routes there was no indication that the game was over.

It was clear that I haven't found the true ending and the real male lead. But there is also no indication on the box as to who he is supposed to be. There is just a shadow. I can't even tell if it is an attractive shadow. I know nothing about this guy!

In most dating sims the true male lead cannot be unlocked until you play all of the other routes. It seems to be the case in this game so that is normal. However, the true male lead is usually supposed to have a strong relationship with all of the other males somehow (or at least in many of the ones that I have played) and that makes it obvious whose the true route is. Not this game though, nope.

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Okay, so who are the possible characters that I can romance. There is the butler, the adopted younger brother, the tutor, the knight captain, the librarian and the pastry chef. How are there so many that are possible and no obvious way to know which is the right one? Okay okay. Let's break down what I know.

The game is called "My Lady Fair, I Love Thee Tenderly" and is set in a world called Alteous. It is a land where most people possess magic of varying elements. The elements are fire, earth, wind, water, light, dark, time, space and unkown. Unknown seems to be able to use all of the elements to an extent with one of them being the standout eventually. There is also the rare spirit magic, but many people don't believe it exists. That is why it is unknown what that person's true element is. There are also magic beasts in the world, and the world is broken up into continents similar to our own.

On the different continents there are different countries that hold political power in the world. Somehow this game is not set during war, but there was always a lingering feeling that a war could erupt at any time, and it would be a surprise about who would be in it. Human vs human? Demon vs human? Beast vs human? Beast vs demon? None of this ever takes place, but there was still that feeling, and some characters would make passing comments about wondering if there is war in the wind.

I played the routes in this order: Irick Glassel who is the crown prince, Jeofry Finius Dusckson who is the only known Time Wizard, Heinrick Smithers who is the knight then Jason Elgrove who is the childhood friend.

Irick seems to be the typical crown prince. He is worried about whether or not he was right for the kingdom. He has a younger half-brother that also possess great talent, making him wonder if maybe it is his brother destined to rule the country as the next great monarch. The FL, Iris Ebony, helps him to realize all of the things that he is great at. He protects her from the evil villainess who he believes is sending shadow beasts after Iris. Strangely though, we never actually see the villainess sending the shadow beasts, Iris just gets a note signed by the Villainess (Aria Brightburn) telling her to watch her step, there are shadow beasts all around her. They end up piecing together clues to know when this was going to come about. Through Irick's courage it helps prove that he will be a fit ruler.

Jeofry seems to always end up showing up around Iris at her most embarrassing moments. When she slips and falls into a puddle, when she gets thrown off a horse and lands in a pile of hay, when she ends up eating something spicy and dumping water all over herself in her rush to drink some. He teaches her to laugh at her silly mistakes. Eventually he lets her know that he is the only Time Wizard and that it always made him lonely. In his loneliness he learned to laugh at himself. He also learned to freeze perfect moments, and rewind mistakes. He tells her that sometimes mistakes lead to the best things. In his climax he accidentally freezes time when beasts from the dark continent come to attack them from nowhere. Iris comments about how Aria must have been the one to send them. Somehow. They devise a plan while being frozen in time and even kill a few of the beasts. They work together to go all through the town and palace killing all of the monsters before their time is able to begin again.

Heinrick doesn't seem to care much for Iris at first, ignoring her greetings as she passes by him practicing his swordcraft. Eventually he pushes her out of the way of a loose wild horse that the villainess sends after her. After saving her the two slowly start to have more encounters and their feelings blossom. He begins to teach her how to use a sword after she tells him that she used to have dreams about being a knight. His route comes to it's climax when assassins are sent after Iris and they both fight them off together, giving Iris a taste of what her life would have been like is she had become a knight. She likes the feeling and experience and ends up being knighted and they live happily together.

In Jason's route, we see more of Iris's backstory and how Jason, Iris and Aria had all been close when they were younger. They talked and dreamed about who they would want to become when they were older. They vowed to always be friends no matter what. However, the friendship soured when Aria noticed that Iris was being noticed more by Jason, whom she had developed a crush on. We then see instances of her being bullied and her running to Jason. His route is more gentle and is the one where they both end up confronting Aria who has been driven mad and is being controlled by her dark magic. They both try to save her but, in the end, Aria ends up dying from a strong lance made of light created by Iris.

As I go over these routes I try to think of who was in all of them, does anyone have a part in all of the routes? Was the hidden route the villainess? The power of friendship? She was secretly forced to cross-dress all this time and was bullying Iris out of lust? In each route the couple had bought a pastry, been caught sharing secret moments by the butler, lectured by the brother, the couple visited the library to research methods to stop whatever the danger was, was somehow protected by the knight captain and the tutor came and checked up on her progress. Those are the people that I noted in each route that you are able to interact with.

There are free periods in the game where you can run around and talk to whomever you want before the next chapter begins. I have gotten some free goodies this way, which end up being very useful. And the people that you can interact with in all of these free periods are the ones that I have listed as being the potential hidden romance!

'Okay' I think to myself as I drum my fingers on the edge of the tub. 'What are the other clichés that I haven't thought of. This going a Yuri route? No, because that would have been listed on the box. A capricious god? Possible but I haven't found one to date. Haram? Iris stands alone not needing a man? I always wonder what would happen if they went psycho killer. It would be interesting if the FL was actually evil and went on a murder spree. That would change the genre though... Oh dear, maybe I do need counseling'.

I let out a sigh and sink fully under the water for a moment. I need to clear my head. I have to go into this game with my notes, but also with an open mind. Maybe this time I will be able to find something that I hadn't yet, some little secret. I yawn. Oh dear, tired is not the best thing to be while in the bath. Ah well, I have the game to keep me awake.

I pick up the game and turn it on. That intro music always gets me prepared to have a fun time. I go to the home page and click new game. I get the screen where I choose my gender. Okay female, as I want to discover the hidden route on the female route first. Oh, what if I have to do the whole female and male routes to unlock the true hidden route.

I play for a little while before I feel the weight of my eyelids and am unable to keep my eyes open.

"Hi there!" I hear a chipper voice say to me, but I know there is no one in the bathroom with me. Where am I?

"I see that you have been playing my game a lot. Have you been liking it?"

"Your game?" I ask the voice, my words full of curiosity.

"Of course! I made My Lady Fair, How I Love Thee. You have been enjoying it right?"

"Yes, a lot. I am stuck on the hidden route though. I am uncertain how to unlock it. However, I am determined to find it!"

"Ohhh, so you are actively trying to find and clear the hidden route. You're perfect!"

"I'm perfect?" I ask, confused.

"Of course, I have some rules for you. Keep your identity a mystery. There will be a penalty if anyone were to find out who you are. There are save points, determined by yours truly. You must find and clear the hidden route! Are these rules clear?"

"Are you giving me clues on how to solve the route? I don't understand, I don't get to change my identity. Everyone already knows who I am!"

I wait for a reply, but never end up getting one. Oh well, it was just an interesting dream. I better wake up now, it is bad to fall asleep in the bath. At least I know I feel asleep without dropping my game in the bath. That would be a catastrophe!