"Uh... Guys?"
The others who could actually control their respective abilities exchanged quick glances.
Because the simple answer was...
To just stop.
With the more detailed version being something like cutting off the movement of spiritual energy so the ability would also be cut off.
Regrettably, that clearly wasn’t working for the blonde despite his attempts.
Ollie rightfully started to panic, especially after yanking his hands away for good this time, only to realize that it was already too late.
They’d somehow accidentally created a positive feedback loop!
Even after Luca stepped directly in front of the core and followed the Elders’ teachings about showing the beast who was boss, the chaos didn’t actually stop.
Not that the core didn’t want to obey Luca.
If anything, his presence was apparently so terrifying that the little thing started shaking from side to side in pure panic!
But even so, they were having difficulty truly stopping the feedback loop that had already been created given all the restrictions that were starting to crop up.
Off to the side, Killian, who’d apparently found the perfect opportunity to tease the gremlin, casually offered, "At some point, he’s bound to run out of juice, right?"
"!"
The blonde gasped loudly.
"How can you leave a family member like that?!"
Killian simply offered a consoling smile, which was only possible because Ollie already said he wasn’t actually feeling noticeable pain.
"I’ve got a solution, but only if you verbally agree not to take any sort of revenge afterward and consider all the help to be coming from one honest heart."
The mop, desperate and honestly a little too scared for his brain to work properly at that point, practically screeched,
"YES! I’ll even pray for the longevity of your hair if you can really give me a solution!"
Surprisingly, Killian looked over at his younger brother.
Kyle, who’d actually closed his eyes for a moment, already had a hunch about what his older brother was planning and was simply thinking about how to say it.
Because he was pretty sure he’d be hearing endless lamentations if the suggestion actually came from him.
But now that his older brother was apparently feeling a little brotherly for once, Kyle thought he might even offer to babysit his niece later!
Unfortunately, Ollie’s natural tendency to worry when awake eventually got the better of him, and he simply couldn’t take it anymore.
His sparking hand had drifted dangerously close to one of the metal tables, and the moment he saw a charge nearly attempt to jump toward it, the blonde completely panicked.
"Do it! Do it now!" Ollie practically shrieked. "Just revive me if it fails! Revive me, okay?!"
"..."
"..."
Thankfully, the young and apparently promising blonde didn’t end up needing a revive pill.
Though he probably needed a bit of counseling afterward for his wounded heart.
__
To be fair, the Chief of Staff didn’t actually suggest knocking him out.
Which, all things considered, was already a sign that he was truly starting to consider the little gremlin a member of their apparently fast-growing family.
See, the solution Killian came up with wasn’t inherently difficult, violent, or even all that out of this world.
Because sure, they could simply destroy the core and be left with just the mop and his current inability to rein in his ability just yet.
But they didn’t really want to do that, especially when Luca and even the Elders had mentioned that the cores they were receiving as rewards from the E-rank simulation seemed rather unusual. Particularly this one, when even a C-grade beast one was trying to assert its dominance as if it were some kind of SS-grade beast core.
It would definitely be nice to inspect such cores later, especially when they were not only rare but also considered more powerful because of how much of their original will had managed to persist.
The only catch was that it also meant needing to gain the beast’s respect so it would actually be willing to work with its owner.

Then again, what he really felt he needed to lodge a formal complaint about was the second part of the solution.
How could anyone agree to this?!
Well, apparently he was that anyone.

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