Fang Liming narrowed his eyes slightly at the state the Brightlight Blob was displaying.
He had brought this Brightlight Blob here himself, so naturally, he knew it well.
Brightlight Blobs expressed their emotions in a rather unusual way.
Normally, their bodies relaxed and softened, giving them an overall floppy appearance. When their emotions fluctuated strongly, however, they rapidly tensed their bodies into perfect spheres, while their surfaces became far more elastic.
This state was known as a Brightlight Blob's "ballification."
A Brightlight Blob would also undergo ballification when it felt comfortable during grooming. Fang Liming had witnessed this while grooming it in the past.
But... this quickly?
The grooming had only just started, and the Brightlight Blob's emotions were already fluctuating this much?
Was it the bathing cream applied to its body?
With puzzlement and curiosity in his eyes, Fang Liming studied the pale golden paste Xu Ran was holding, but even after looking for quite a while, he could make nothing of it.
While Fang Liming watched, Xu Ran had already carefully brushed the Brightlight Blob's entire body. Now, every fine strand of fuzz on it, along with the surface beneath that fuzz, was evenly coated in the pale golden paste.
Next, Xu Ran set down the bathing cream, removed his gloves, and began rubbing his hands together.
Huh?
Confusion appeared in Fang Liming's eyes.
What was he going to do?
As he understood it, grooming a Brightlight Blob involved applying bathing cream suitable for light-type Contract Beasts, then gently patting its body so that the dirt inside gradually shifted outward and was absorbed by the cream.
That process didn't seem to require warming up his fists...
"Woooeee~~~"
The Brightlight Blob's suddenly rising cry instantly interrupted Fang Liming's thoughts. Watching Xu Ran's movements, his eyes widened.
Xu Ran held