Walking out the guild with Emma they saw it was evening well not like it matters to them they were not planning to do any quest for the day.
Walking back to the inn both were silent which was odd normally one of them would start talking about something but there was nothing Kuma who was on Alex's shoulder felt weird about it but even he had no idea what to talk about.
Both Alex and Emma where in deep thought both of them thinking about something else or on a different perspective.
Alex who heard that the problems in the sea and on the beach where getting worse almost seemingly by the second was almost counting the days left before a monster wave he was wondering what even started a monster wave he did not know he could ask Emma or buy a book but he looked at Emma and seeing she was in deep thought he waited for her to snap out of it.
Emma was thinking about the people rather than the monsters because there are adventurers like her and Alex but also guards but is that even enough to stop the monster wave even if you count summoners who have atleast one summon or more she was not sure if it was possible she had to ask Alex when he can get another summon like Kuma after all one more might make a difference looking towards Alex she saw that he was looking at her eyes to see if she was out of her thoughts.
"Well it seems your back out of your thoughts so i have a question for you." Alex who noticed that her eyes where no longer focused on one place decided to ask first before she could ask something.
"How funny i was about to say the same but you beat me to it so go ahead ask i will ask after i answered your question." Emma decided not to make things more harder then it needed to be.
"How does a monster wave start?" Alex asked her he wanted to know so in the future he could prepare better and when he gets stronger in the future maybe even prevent it.
Emma was suprised at that question but now she thinks about it Alex has very little knowledge of the world but she decided to put that thought at the back of her head they have more pressing matters at the moment.
"They form when there is to many monsters in a area well that is the easy way to explain it nobody knows how or why but they seem more likely when monsters go unchecked for long enough but one thing is for certain if there is a higher ranking monster close they can command the ranks below them although there is not a single F+ rank that is seen commanding a F rank to do stuff so there has to be a something in the brain when monsters get to E rank but monster either can't or are unwilling to talk about it." Emma gave Alex as much info on the subject that she has.
"But its my turn to ask you something." Emma was quick not wanting Alex to get lost in his thoughts before she could ask.
"Go ahead i mean you did the same for me so its only fair." Alex had no problem with answering her questions and if she asks about something that he does not want to talk about he will lie.
He said he would answer never said it would be the truth but he decided to just speak the truth as much as he could so that he would not be seen as someone who lies a lot.
"How much longer till you can get another summon?" Emma asked him and Alex had no clue he and Kuma felt that their connection should be almost at the strongest it should be but he can't give a answer.
"I dont know me and Kuma feel like we have to be close but i can't give you a time frame for all i know it might be today it might take another week but i dont know for sure but it has to be close." Alex told her the truth as he would not get a lot of use out of telling Emma a lie except for raising her hopes and then crushing them when it did not happen and he was not cruel enough to raise someone's hope only to potentially crush them.
"I see thanks for answering but while your at answering questions i have had a question and i kinda need to know otherwise i will be annoying myself with it." Emma originally wanted to ask one thing but she decided to see if Alex could but her mind at easy.
"I have been thinking allot about it but if a monster wave happens do you think there is enough manpower to repel it?" Although for outsiders Emma's question was just someone who was worried about the monsters movement but when Alex heard the question he realized why she asked if he was close to summoning some one like Kuma.
Even Kuma who had not talked was also curious about the answer sure he knows there are adventurers and guards but in how many monsters where coming so he also was curious about Alex's answer since Alex is more about strategy which is not a bad thing but Kuma did not keep track of how many adventurers they met but he believed Alex should know their power.
"Its a good question and i honestly don't know i dont know what the highest rank is in the city and i can't predict what the highest rank is in the monster wave if the highest rank in the monster wave is E rank there is no question about it we would win but if it is C rank i dont know if that would be possible to win."
Emma who had not expected Alex to have such a answer was stunned of course the highest rank here is hard to know since a lot of people come and go and Adventures are among those who come and go.
But then even if he did know he could only tell towards the rank of monsters that the highest rank could defend and no is stopping the monsters from bringing for example 5 C rank monster against one C rank human.
Kuma also was stunned even though they got no abilities Alex was right it would mean nothing against someone who is so much stronger than them and it was annoying him they need to get stronger.
But before they could drown in uncertainty they got to the inn and before Alex went in his room he looked at Emma and decided to try and easy the girls mind.
"I will see how far i can get i will meditate for half the night every night until i break through i could do the whole night but i would be useless if i am sleep deprived for let's say 3 days and the monster wave happens i would have no energy so i will run on half energy but don't worry i should be able to break through before the monster wave happens." Alex smiled at her hoping that his smile and his efforts to break through would bring Emma a peaceful feeling.
Emma who looked at him smiling and especially after he said what he would do she does not know if it was for her or not but she felt that he can do it so she smiled at him in return and entered her room as soon as she closed her door she could feel her cheeks heating up she had not expected that such a scene could be magical.
Alex unaware to the girls feeling was proud thinking that he made the girl calm enough to not lose sleep entered the room and closed the door.
Kuma immediately jumped from his shoulder and onto the bed.
(Are you serious with meditation for half the night?) Kuma was still suprised he said it but it could just be to calm Emma.
(Yeah i mean it will be better in the long run to lose a bit of sleep just to get a teamate faster especially in this situation.) Alex was not someone who would just say something and then not follow up with it he told Emma he would so he will.
(Alright just do it when its midnight i will shake you so you know you can stop so don't waste time we don't have a lot to spare i think.) Kuma was happy that he would so as soon as Alex's closed his eyes Kuma looked out the window towards the sea it was calm but he could feel it and he was pretty sure Alex can feel it to something big will happen soon.