Chapter 260: Partial Albinism
Chapter 260: Partial Albinism
"Xun?"
Treasure Seeker first looked puzzled at their Beastmaster's words, but then quickly teleported in front of the full-length mirror in the living room, panicking.
The next second, the entire house reverberated with Treasure Seeker's anguished screams.
"Xun!!!"
Two minutes later.
In the living room.
"Ya Ya."
Fangy patted Treasure Seeker, who was sobbing uncontrollably, to offer comfort.
It's just that you got smaller after Evolution. It's not a big deal.
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker glanced at Fangy, who was now several times larger, and cried even harder.
Why is there such a huge difference in Evolution?
"Lulu."
Aquariana nodded in agreement beside them.
The difference is indeed significant.
"Xun!"
Qiao Sang watched the three familiars from the sofa, feeling reassured. With Fangy and Aquariana comforting Treasure Seeker, everything should be fine.
She took out her mobile phone and went online to look for answers.
Although Treasure Seeker now looks much better than a normal Treasure Hunter Demon, it's not a typical situation.
In reality, it's rare to find someone who has bonded with a Treasure Seeker, but online, searching for "Treasure Seeker" issues would bring up a plethora of Beastmasters discussing their experiences.
Qiao Sang entered the forum and posted a thread titled: #Why did my Treasure Seeker evolve into a Treasure Hunter Demon that's not only smaller but also a different color?#
Within minutes, she received dozens of comments.
[If you don't understand, are you just showing off?]
[No picture, no truth. Show us a photo.]
[Just by looking at the OP's ID, I can tell they're an old pro at showing off.]
Showing off?
Qiao Sang was momentarily confused. What does this have to do with showing off?
While she was thinking, the thread received even more replies.
[Is it because your Treasure Seeker was malnourished, leading to a smaller size after Evolution?]
[The person above is honest. Confirmed.]
[Everyone, let's disperse. Why are we all here listening to the OP brag?]
[How can you say that? Don't you know that everyone online has a unique-colored familiar?]
Unique-colored?
Qiao Sang paused, suddenly understanding why the netizens thought she was showing off. They assumed she was boasting about the different color of her Treasure Hunter Demon.
She looked up at Treasure Seeker, who was still in distress, and quickly shook her head to clear her mind of those unrealistic thoughts.
Treasure Seeker already has a Psychic Type. If it also had a unique color, wouldn't that be too overpowered?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Qiao Sang typed a reply:
[I'm seriously asking for help. I can guarantee that my Treasure Hunter Demon is not a unique-colored familiar. Its body is gray like a normal Treasure Hunter Demon, but the tip of its tail is a different color. Setting the color aside, I'm mainly confused about its size.]
Almost immediately, a netizen commented:
[Doesn't the OP know about Partial Albinism?]
[Damn, I thought the OP was just bragging, but this explanation makes it sound like it could be true.]
[If I'm not mistaken, the OP's Treasure Hunter Demon is likely a Partial Albinism familiar. Uniquely colored familiars have a chance to undergo Energy Mutation, which could result in a different size after Evolution. For example, Cui Tong's Windhoof only has a unique-colored tail, but its size is twice that of other Windhoofs.]
[The person above is actually taking this seriously.]
[The 47th floor's analysis makes sense, but have you considered that the OP only noticed the color difference after the Evolution? This means that the color was normal when it was a Treasure Seeker. Uniquely colored familiars are usually determined at birth and can't suddenly change color after Evolution.]
[You make a good point. I was mistaken.]
[So, the OP is just making things up. If the color was different, they should have just said so. Instead, they claim the color changed after Evolution.]
The thread kept refreshing, but Qiao Sang stopped scrolling and stared at the 47th floor's reply, deep in thought.
Partial Albinism.
She hadn't considered the possibility of a unique color before. This was partly because Treasure Seeker looked no different from a normal Treasure Seeker before Evolution.
On the other hand, heterochromia in familiars is incredibly rare.
Treasure Seeker already possessed Psychic-type attributes, and if it also had heterochromia, combining these two elements in a single familiar would be something even the developers of Beastmaster wouldn't dare to design.
But now, upon reflection, when Treasure Seeker was still a Treasure Seeker, its eye color was different from that of an ordinary Treasure Seeker.
Treasure Seeker's eyes were golden yellow, while a normal Treasure Seeker's eyes were medium yellow.
If this wasn't a genetic issue and Treasure Seeker was naturally heterochromatic, then everything would make sense.
Because it was a heterochromatic familiar and had the incredible luck to undergo an Energy Mutation, it ended up with both Ghost-type and Psychic-type attributes.
And because it was a heterochromatic familiar, its evolved form, the Treasure Hunter Demon, was noticeably smaller than its peers.
The logic holds.
At this moment, Qiao Sang could hear her heart pounding loudly.
She looked at the still grieving Treasure Seeker, took a deep breath, and walked up to it, handing over two tissues from the coffee table.
"Xun."
Treasure Seeker looked up with its tearful eyes.
Qiao Sang spoke gently, "Stop crying. Crying won't make you grow any bigger."
Treasure Seeker: "!"
After nearly ten minutes of explanation, Treasure Seeker's puffed-up mouth finally returned to its usual shape.
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker floated to the full-length mirror, turning to the side to excitedly examine the golden tips of its hair.
It was a heterochromatic familiar!
No wonder it always felt so much more handsome than the others it saw online!
9:15 PM.
Heng Eagle Beast Combat Club.
Wang Yiding stared at the drastically changed Treasure Seeker and asked, "Boss Qiao, did your Treasure Seeker evolve?"
"Yes", Qiao Sang smiled. "It just evolved today."
Wang Yiding was silent for a long time before he said, "Impressive, as expected from you!"
As expected of Boss Qiao! Both of her familiars have evolved to Intermediate! And the Treasure Hunter Demon in front of him looked different from the usual Treasure Hunter Demons, being noticeably smaller.
If this were someone else's Treasure Hunter Demon, he would have suspected it was underdeveloped, but this was Boss Qiao's Treasure Hunter Demon, and he could only think of one thing—quality over quantity.
"Let's start the training", Qiao Sang began, but she was interrupted.
"Xun~"
At that moment, Treasure Seeker spun around, proudly displaying the golden tips of its hair.
Wang Yiding's attention was immediately drawn, and he exclaimed, "Boss Qiao, did you dye your Treasure Hunter Demon's hair?"
Treasure Seeker: "."
"It's getting late. Let's start the training right away", Qiao Sang quickly changed the subject.
Treasure Seeker's heterochromia was a form of partial albinism, not as noticeable as in other heterochromatic familiars, and explaining it would be too complicated.
Moreover, heterochromatic familiars are extremely rare in reality.
Several Beastmasters with heterochromatic familiars have complained online that whenever they mentioned their familiars were naturally heterochromatic and not dyed, people would ask them to wash their familiars to prove it.
After the familiars were washed and the water remained unchanged, others would then ask where they had their familiars styled, since the color didn't wash off.
In short, no matter how much they explained, some people would still doubt whether their familiars were truly heterochromatic.
It was better to avoid the topic altogether.
Wang Yiding was here to learn teleportation from Crown Cat, so he had no objections.
This time, Qiao Sang didn't sit on the side but accompanied Treasure Seeker and Crown Cat to the training field.
After they were settled, she looked at Treasure Seeker and said, "Hypnosis."
"Xun~"
"Crown?"
(End of Chapter)
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