AN: WARNING: Long chapter ahead. Seriously, like 5,000 words excluding the AN's. I swear, counted them one by one. Ok no I didn't that was a lie. I used a Word-Counter on Google.

At this point I'm going to publish 5 more chapters until I decide to take a break. The 15th chapter will be the halfway point of my story. I've already thought of and written down an idea of an ending chapter. The time I take off on my break will consist of me plotting out the story for the other 14 chapters to lead up to that point. I don't know how long my break will be. Let's say a few days, idk. I love writing this story and enjoy everything about it so I won't abandon it.

As always a I must give a big 'Thank You' to JDUBZ for being my Beta Reader! His input is what makes the chapters better here people.

Chapter 10: The Mansion

After spending 20 minutes at the plaza, with a crying Rem still in his arms, Oki decided now was a good time to head to the Time Tower. Getting up from the ground, Oki exited the plaza and headed south.

People looked on at the odd sight of Oki carrying a beautiful girl in distress, wondering what had happened. What had occurred to make the girl cry so much? A perished loved one? Maybe.

Oki kept walking, ignoring all the looks that came his way. Once in awhile he adjusted Rem in his arm so she didn't lay in an uncomfortable position. Oki had no idea where Subaru could have gone, but he did know that Subaru would not have left Rem. He knew for a fact that Subaru loved Rem so much that if she were just a little upset he would do anything in his power to lift her head up and show her the goodness in life. Subaru would never hurt Rem, not like this. Oki came to the conclusion that Subaru must be in some sort of trouble to run. He must have ran to keep Rem safe, out of danger, and out of sight so whatever wanted him focused on only him.

But even this was an unlikely explanation to Oki. Subaru was always nice to people Oki never saw reason for anyone to dislike him. So if he wasn't running from something threatening him maybe it was something he had to do?

"No, that can't be it." Oki thought out loud, unable to come to conclusion that made a lick of sense. Until Subaru came back, he would never know where he could have possibly gone and why.

Oki lowered his gaze to Rem. Her cute features and adorable nose reminded him of his daughter. He quickly brushed that thought aside. The memories weren't going to help Rem, he should only think of doing whatever he can to help her.

The Time Tower was still a few blocks away. Ken better be there on time.

Again, looking at Rem's crying face, Oki made a silent vow to protect Rem and keep her safe for Subaru. Oki knew that that's what Subaru would have wanted. Not that he thought Subaru was dead or anything. Oki just thought that with Subaru gone it would be expected of him to look after Rem. While she may have been physically strong, she wasn't mentally strong.

When Rem had grabbed Oki by the shirt, he observed her behavior. It was threatening, terrifying, and out of control. She didn't do anything real physical, but Oki sensed that she would have done something if she felt like it. Her mind was breaking, that's all Oki could tell. With Subaru gone any small thing might set her off.

Oki felt he had to be careful around her.

Rem woke up in the back of a carriage. She didn't remember falling asleep in Oki's arms, but she did remember arriving at the Time Tower and not being able to see Ken. The smell of alcohol was stuck in the air, making Rem feel nauseous. The sharp smells ripped at her nose threatening to change her skin green.

Rem opened the back of the tarp and exited the carriage. Finally escaping from the horrid smells, Rem took some deep breaths of fresh air. Once her nausea subsided, Rem looked around the area.

Rem was in the middle of a cemented area with fish carved into the ground. A building stood tall and proud, overlooking the city like a guardian on stationary patrol; the Time Tower. A huge crystal stood at the top of the tower, alternating colors evenly between blue and yellow. 6pm Water Time.

People were always in a hurry in this part of town, and especially at this time. Rem was in the Business District, the part of town that never slept because business never ended. No one paid any mind to the cart and ground-dragon just parked in the middle of where Rem assumed was off limits for carriages.

Looking around, Rem spotted Oki and Ken talking at a wooden table only a few yards away.

Oki was listening intently to whatever Ken had to say. Rem approached them, remembering why Ken was here in the first place.

Looking at Rem, Oki nodded his head towards her, signaling Ken to turn around. Ken did turn, but looked like he didn't want to. After hearing how Rem acted towards Oki at the restaurant, Ken wasn't too keen to break the news to her face.

Rem stopped in front of where Ken was seated looking at him with a sad gaze, "Is it true, do you not know where my Subaru-kun went?"

Ken shifted in his seat, his brown eyes refused to look Rem's and so he looked at her forehead.

"No. I'm sorry, Rem. The last thing he told me was that he was going to do was tell you how much you meant to him." Ken's pointed chin was shaking, caused by his quivering lips.

Rem noticed Ken wasn't looking at her in the eyes, but she could sense that this man had no reason to lie to her, so she let it go. Rem saw that Ken was slightly shaking, what was really fear of her, Rem saw as sadness. She may have just met this man, but she felt composed to apologize. He was so frail and skinny it made her imagine a lost little boy.

"Ken has no reason to be sorry. Rem was the one that made Subaru leave, expecting him to come back." Rem patted Ken's head, something Subaru would do to her when she felt sad or did something good that deserved a compliment.

Rem began to think. Think of ways to find Subaru. Previously, her thoughts were that Subaru was gone forever, never to come back, but now that she thought about it, Rem did have an idea. A lead, one that may be the way to finding where Subaru ran off too. The Witch's Cult.

Subaru's smell was always that of the witch. Rem had no idea how he could have gotten into such a close relationship with her, but it meant that he was obviously important among the cult. Someone who smelled like the witch must be honored upon by the disgusting worshippers.

Where she finds the cult she may either find her Subaru or information on where he is. In her mind it was as simple as that. For the first time, Rem wanted to believe Subaru was with the cultists, that way she had a way to find him. A way to bring him back.

Another realization struck her head, so many ideas bounced around she tried to grab them and link them together into understandable situations.

What if Subaru was taken by the witch? Lore told that the Witch of Envy had the power to manipulate a whole army and teleport entire cities. The witch could have manipulated Subaru to lead Rem away to Kararagi and avoid stopping the mansion fire and then taken him away when Rem started to catch onto him. That would explain why her scent suddenly stopped at her front door. That must be it. Out of all of Rem's ideas it made the most sense to her.

That would mean that Subaru did love her! He was going to say he loved her, but the witch had taken him from her.

At that moment Rem remembered, Valentine's night, someone had been at the front door, knocking. It had been Subaru. Rem had ignored the first knocks, but if she hadn't Rem would have seen Subaru one last time before he was taken away.

Rem had made up her mind.

"Are you OK, Rem?" Oki was worried about Rem, she had been staring into space for a full two minutes.

Rem looked at Oki, she had a determined look in her eyes. A fire glowed within her pupils, she was ready for the worst, "I'm going to Lugnica."

"Woah woah woah, Rem that's a two day journey by dragon! What made ya' want to do this all of a sudden?" Ken decided he should do something about the situation. For all he knew, he had caused it. Getting up, Ken tried to stop the already walking Rem. "Rem, I know ya' miss Subaru, but why are ya' going all the way out there? Ya' can't possibly think he left the country, do ya'?"

Rem didn't want them involved in with her plan to confront the cult, it would only result in their deaths. This was up to her to save Subaru and her only, no one else had to die.

Ken was now pushing on Rem's shoulder but it had no effect. As Rem walked with Ken's hands on her shoulders, Ken's shoes grinded the floor, not even slowing down Rem in the slightest. Looking over Rem's shoulder, Ken shot Oki a glare who was still sitting at the table. "HELP ME YA' BUFFOON!"

Oki finally got up and caught up to Rem. Grabbing her by the waist, Oki lifted her onto his shoulder.

The sudden lack of resistance caused Ken to fall to the ground on his belly. Oki helped Ken up by grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and lifting him up to his feet.

Rem wasn't too fond of being carried around like a sack of potatoes, and wiggled around, trying to get free. Her strength threw Oki off balance and almost made him topple over, but he was able to regain his balance.

When Rem realized she was getting nowhere she stopped resisting physically, "Let me go! Put me down now, Oki!" Rem needed to leave as soon as possible. She felt the longer she took, the less of a chance she had to find Subaru.

"I'll put you down, riiiiiiiiight here." Oki set Rem down onto the table he sat on earlier. Oki gave Rem a worried look, crossing his massive arms Oki questioned, "Why do you want to leave, Rem?"

Rem needed an excuse, something to avoid telling them of the Witch's Cult. If Rem told them, she was sure they would try to stop her. She came up with something any decent person couldn't refuse.

Shutting her eyes, Rem stated her fake reasoning to go to Lugnica, "Lugnica is the resting place of my sister. Whenever I feel like I've lost everything I visit her. Sometimes I can hear her giving me advice on what to do." It wasn't all a lie, Rem really wanted to visit the mansion to see what remained of her home and her sister's resting place. Thinking this brought real tears to her eyes.

Remembering his vow, Oki went to soothe Rem's tears. Kneeling in front of the silent Rem, Oki rubbed her head, "Don't worry about it, Rem. We won't stop you, but we can't just let you walk off on your own. We'll help you get there."

This wasn't what Rem wanted, but she couldn't say no. Now that Oki allowed her to leave she would just need a plan to keep him safe if he was coming too.

"Umm...excuse me! I don't want to be rude, but 'we?'" Oki glared at Ken and made it clear with his eyes that he was coming to help Rem, unless he wanted to complain to her. "Uh, I mean. Sure I'll come. We could take my carriage and I could sell beer in Lugnica. Gettin' some business out there would spread word of my pub. Hehe." Ken rubbed the back of his head.

Rem spoke without looking up, "Ken doesn't have to come if he doesn't want to. Rem will be fine."

Ken felt guilty again, "No, it's not like that it's just I've never been out of the country before. It-it kinda scares me." This was a lie made to steer away from the fact that Ken didn't want to go.

Oki spoke up, "Ken, buddy, everything scares you! Hahahaha!" Ken had no rebuttal.

While Ken and Oki felt like they were helping, to Rem they were just making this harder on her. If they came she would have to ditch them in Lugnica so they didn't fall to the hands of the cult. Rem was sure they wouldn't last in a straight on fight with a cultist. She wasn't sure she would be able to protect them if it came down to it.

Finally on the road, Rem and Ken sat in the front of the carriage while Oki sat in the back with all the booze. Rem was glad to be up front and away from the smell of alcohol. The wind helped blow the stench in the opposite direction.

Rem was on her way to saving Subaru. She wasn't sure what he would say, but she was certain it would be filled with his usual charm and boldness. This made Rem blush at the thought of having Subaru kiss her again.

"So, uh…got any relatives?" A question came from Ken. Rem turned to him with a neutral expression.

"My parents have perished and my sister is the reason we're going to Lugnica."

Ken felt like such an idiot. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. In his head, Ken was hitting his forehead with his palm with every stupid. "I am so very sorry! I didn't mean disrespect of any sort by bringin' it up!"

Rem didn't say anything, she just wanted to change the subject.

"Ken said this was his father's business. Does that mean the carriage is older than you?" Small talk, something to pass the time.

"Uh, no. My father created this pub on his own when I was around 9. He wasn't even a business person, just wanted to sell beer on anything with wheels. Saying it was easier." Rem senses some malice in his voice.

Looking at him with an interested impression Rem asked, "Does Ken hate his father?"

Ken was taken aback by such a question. He lightly whipped the dragon to go a bit faster. "It's complicated, he was a good father, but at the same time he wasn't." Ken found himself talking to Rem some of his earliest memories. "You know, I was once used as a cooling mechanic for my father's beer barrels for an entire year until-." Ken stopped. He looked down.

Rem noticed with a puzzled look, "Until what, Ken?"

"Nothing, just drop it." Ken went quiet, looking forward towards the night sky. Nothing was said the rest of the night.

After entering the main city, Rem began to formulate a plan on how to get rid of Oki and Ken. Their next stop was up ahead, a ground-dragon resting spot.

Such places were common in cities where travelers coming in and out were a usual sight. It was a place you left your dragon to eat and drink for a limited time and a set price while you went shopping or did other things.

Rem decided to run for the mansion when Oki and Ken handled payment for letting their dragon rest in the stop.

"We'll be right back, Rem. As soon as we find a bite to eat we'll head straight over to the mansion." Oki gave Rem a smile, showing his white teeth. Rem nodded.

As soon as Oki and Ken exited the carriage Rem quickly exited out the other end of the cart, but quietly so they didn't hear her.

Rem's mistake, however, was during her getaway. As she ran down the street to make her way towards the mansion she bumped multiple people, causing people to yell at her running by.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!"

Oki heard the commotion and looked towards where he think it may have came from. At the end of the street, about 50 feet away, he saw Rem's unmistakeable blue hair amongst the crowd moving at a fast pace away from him and Ken.

"She's running, Ken! We have to follow her!" Oki grabbed Ken by his shoulders and pushed him towards the carriage.

"Wha-? Why? Oki, I don't think the dragon is gonna last much longer!" In reply to Ken's observation, Oki grabbed a few bocco fruit from a nearby vendor, threw some money at the man, and fed them to their dragon.

"There! Now get your ass in the carriage!"

The ground dragon's strength was restored temporarily by the mana rich bocco fruit. It's effects wouldn't last long so they needed to move as fast as possible.

Ken got in the carriage, followed by a concerned Oki. Damn it, Rem. Why are you running?

Ken whipped the reins, sending the dragon into a sprint. Chasing Rem proved to be a difficult task for them both. Oki took up the role of navigator, using his tall stature to look over others to follow Rem's blue hair in the crowd. Ken was, of course the driver, using his reflexes to dodge other carriages, bob and weave around obstacles, and wait for the occasional pedestrian to cross the street.

They ultimately lost sight of Rem after a while. Oki started to feel like he had failed at being Rem's self-acclaimed bodyguard. Oki decided their best plan would be to ask for directions to the mansion. Ken stopped the carriage and asked a nearby vendor for directions to the Roswaal Mansion.

"Why would you like to go there? Ain't nothin' but ashes now."

"We're just visitin', sir."

The man still nodded despite still not quite understanding their logic, "What you're gonna have to do is go down this street for a few minutes until you hit a large tree in the road," The man pointed down the road in the direction of a large tree in the distance. "The tree splits the road into two directions, take the left one. That will take you to the village. Just keep moving and you'll hit the mansion in a few more miles." The man waved them off after, telling them about how they were blocking his shop.

Oki yelled, "You heard him, Ken! Let's go go go!

Ken hopped back into the driver's seat. Ken was ready to take off when the man spoke up again, "And one more thing! Careful where you travel! Do not stray far from the road, Witch Cultists are among us!" The man had moved to to the side of the carriage where Oki was seated. "Don't trust everyone you meet. Not everyone is who they say they are. Witch Cultists are dangerous to travelers like you." The man gave Oki and Ken a warning look. Slapping the side of the carriage, the man returned to his post, "Goodluck!"

Oki and Ken took off for the mansion. Unknowing what exactly awaits them in the forest. The man watched them go off down the street. When they were out of sight he turned to another man who was sleeping in a chair. Kicking him awake, the man told him to help close shop, "We've got some business to attend to."

Oki and Ken had made it to the village. Their dragon was beginning to slow down to a fast jogging pace.

Ken observed the carnage, bones everywhere, burnt buildings, swords discarded, "Oki….the village." Ken was frightened, frightened of what the vendor had warned them of earlier. If the cult was still out here they wouldn't stand a chance against them. According to survivors of their previous onslaughts, their fire magic was so powerful that it exploded on impact, destroying anything it touched.

Oki refused to look at the village. The second he saw bones, he looked away. This was too much, he'd heard that the Witch's Cult was barbaric, but he never thought they could do something so inhumane as to kill this many people with no clear motive.

"I know, Ken. Just keep moving. Don't stop….please."

When they had cleared the village, Ken was gripping the reins hard enough that his knuckles turned white, "Heartless bastards."

Up ahead, the sound of yelling was heard. The screams must have been loud since they were still two miles from the mansion. Oki heard the screams and told Ken to hurry, "FASTER, KEN!"

Ken whipped the reins, but the dragon only gained a little bit more speed.

Oki was panicking. What if Rem was hurt? That was her screaming right? The Witch's Cult, they must have found her. Why did she have to run? She probably was unaware of the dangers in these woods. Oki didn't want to fail his only job of protecting Rem in just a few days.

After 5 minutes they reached the front gates of the mansion. The ashes, the pillars, the garden, and the sword, everything had not changed compared to the loop that Rem and Subaru had taken when they had arrived to the mansion.

Rem was in front of where the mansion had once stood, next to her was the sword. In her hand was a purple ribbon. Tears were streaming down her face. Her eyes showed only anger and a fire shined in them. She was screaming, screaming for the Witch Cultists to show themselves.

"WHERE ARE YOU!? SHOW YOURSELVES YOU, CULTISTS!" Rem was screaming at the top of her lungs, telling the cult to bring back her Subaru-kun.

Oki had seen and heard Rem's words when he entered the property. Quickly exiting the carriage, Oki ran to Rem, a look of horror on his face, "Rem! Have you gone mad? If you call out the cult there's no doubt in my mind that they'll come."

Rem didn't look away from the edge of the forest at the back of the mansion, expecting the cult to show up at any second. "Oki and Ken shouldn't have come. Rem had this under control."

Ken had caught up to Oki and was next to him, also looking at Rem. He followed her gaze the the forest's edge, "Well, obviously you don't, Rem. Running from us and yelling in a dangerous area doesn't sound like a good plan."

Rem turned to glare at Ken. Her eyes widened. Putting up her hand, a large, sharp projectile of ice formed in her palm. Ken thought he had said something too harsh and cowered in fear.

Rem's projectile was not aimed at Ken however. The icicle sailed right past Ken's left ear, connecting with a fire ball that had been sailing towards them 10 feet away.

The explosion of smoke settled. At the entrance of the mansions gates stood three cloaked men. Their faces were covered in shadows their hoods provided. A pointed tip stood up at the top of the hood, Witch Cultists. The cultists walked forward until they were 20 feet away.

Rem stepped in front of Ken and Oki. Both of them were frightened. Three members of the deadly Witch's Cult were right in front of them, waiting to attack.

A small voice squeaked out of Ken's mouth, "Run?"

Oki just shook his head, "We'd never make it far." Oki held up his fists, his only weapon. He wasn't going to let them kill his friends without at least trying to stop them. "We stay and we fight."

Ken held up his hands to his face, they were shaking uncontrollably. It's the only way. Ken held up his hands, palms extended towards the cultists. All the while he was still shaking with a look of terror still in his face.

"Where is my Subaru-kun?!" Rem's angry face was clearly visible to cultist who had showed no emotion. "WHERE IS HE!?"

The three members looked at each other then stared back at Rem.

"FINE, DON'T TELL ME! I'll MAKE ONE OF YOU TALK!" Rem held out her hand, her weapon of choice, a mace on a long chain, appeared in her palm. Rem roared and charged the three figures.

One of the cultists raised their hand and summoned a fireball, flinging it towards Rem.

Rem anticipated this and created a wall of ice in front of her. The fireball made contact with the wall and exploded, turning the wall of ice into a thin cloud of ice. Rem jumped through the cloud and emerged out the other side, surprising the cultists. She used the mace to smash the cultist in the middle to a bloody mess, the other cultists took a step back and drew swords.

Rem dodged an attack from one and knocked him to the ground. Rem grabbed his cloak and threw him at the other cultist. The one who was thrown quickly got up. In his hand was a fireball, ready to launch. Rem held up her hand and shot him through the head with an icicle. The cultist fell limp to the ground. The remaining cultist shot up and launched a fireball at Rem.

Not anticipating this, Rem was forced to dodge, rolling onto the floor and summoning another icicle. She had to keep him alive for questioning. The cultist shot another fireball but missed, instead it landed to her right, knocking her to the side.

The cultist took this opportunity to flee. Rem was unable to stop him as he ran like a blur back down the road.

The cultist suddenly collapsed, struck in the shoulder with a 3 foot shard of ice going straight through. Finally showing some emotion, the cultist rolled on the floor in pain. Grasping at their shoulder he tried to pull out the icicle but couldn't.

Rem looked in confusion as to why the cultist fell. Looking back towards the mansion, Rem saw a shaken Ken. His hand was outstretched another icicle was hovering in front of his palm, ready to launch. His face displayed sheer terror.

Rem got up and approached the wounded cultist. They were still trying to pull the shard out. Rem removed his hood, a man.

Rem grabbed the ice shard lodged in the man's shoulder, but did not pull it out. "Where's my Subaru-kun!? Why did you monsters destroy my home?! What do you have against me?!" Rem blurred out the questions she most wanted to hear answered.

The man only stared back, a look of absolute happiness on his face. "Hehehehe. My my my, you really are angry! This makes me overjoyed with anticipation! What will you do? Kill me?!" His spit was flying everywhere. Eyes bulging. "You speak of Subaru! But he is one that the cult is unfamiliar with! What purpose does he have to you...Rem!?"

This took her by surprise. Quickly recovering, Rem slammed a fist next to his face, creating a small crater. The man didn't flinch. "HOW DO YOU KNOW ME?"

"Heheheh Hahahaha AHAHAHAHA! I couldn't forget the name that the pink haired girl called out to as I slit her throat!" The man was laughing maniacally, "Her screams were wonderful to my ears! A beautiful sacrifice to Satella! Maybe now she will forgive me for letting the girl escape the mansion! Now I will finally be blessed!"

"SHUT UP!" Rem twisted the icicle in the man's shoulder, but it only made him laugh harder.

"YES! RELEASE YOUR ANGER ON ME! SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN REALLY DO! HEHEHE HAHAHAHA!" He was still laughing, echoing throughout the woods.

Rem got up and shot him through the throat with an icicle, silencing him forever.

Oki and Ken had slowly made their way to Rem who was breathing heavily.

"Whoa!" Ken looked away from the bloody mess that were the Witch Cultists. Oki wasn't too keen either, but the man Rem had interrogated looked familiar.

"Ken, that's the man who gave us directions to here." The same man who ran the little stand in town was lying on the floor with an icicle in his neck. Why would he help them?

"I'd rather not look." Ken seemed disgusted, blood wasn't something he saw everyday or something he was used to.

Earlier, Oki and Ken had listened to the man's confession about Rem's sister. "I'm sorry about your sister, Rem. I'm sure she fought off as many as she could."

They didn't know Ram much, but if she fought anything like Rem, then his words were likely true..

"Nee-sama was too beautiful to die young." Rem shed a tear out of anger. Her sister was someone Rem hoped to never see die, she would have prefered to die first or with her sister. Once again, the cult had taken something from her; her parents, her hometown, her real home, her sister, and her Subaru. Everything was taken from her, but there was still one thing she could take back.

Thinking of what the man had said, Rem noticed that he had accidentally let someone escape. Rem hoped it was Lady Beatrice. She was an amazing user of magic and had vast knowledge of our existence. There was no way she couldn't find Subaru.

The mansion did have emergency escape routes. Once outside, the person would have to travel to a place called the Sanctuary. The resting place of a witch, Roswaal had used it as a place to keep people safe from harm. If whoever escaped went with the plan then Rem would know exactly where to find them.

"I'm going to the Sanctuary." Rem wiped her previous tears from her face and walked back towards the mansion. The mace dragging behind her, leaving a long indent in the dirt.

Oki and Ken only stepped out of her way. Both were confused as to what this Sanctuary was.

Oki looked at Ken, remembering his promise to protect Rem. Oki turned to look at Rem. She reminded him so much of his daughter it hurt. Oki wouldn't allow another death come to someone he cared about. Oki followed Rem.

Ken was unsure whether to follow or not. Leaving with them was almost certain death. He had no reason to follow them for he had no real ties to Subaru, but he was good friends with Oki. If Oki died he wouldn't forgive himself knowing there was something, anything he could have done to prevent it.

"Damn it." Ken started jogging towards Oki, "Hey, wait up!"

AN: This may not be very important, but I've changed the way the Time Crystals worked in my previous chapters. It may never matter to you, but it's the little details like that that make the Re:Zero world seem more realistic. So I'll just describe how they work right here, right now.

In my world the Time Crystal acts as a crystal that alternates colors based of the time of day. If you ever watched the second Re:Zero Breaktime episode you would know that from 12:01 am to 6 am is Wind Time, 6:01 am to 12 pm is Fire Time, and so on with Water Time and Earth Time. Wind Time is represented by a green glow, Fire Time by a red glow, Water by a blue, and Earth by a yellow. If you want to follow along just search up "Re:Zero time" on Google images and pull up the picture.

A new day at 12 am would start off with an equal glow time of both Earth Time and Wind Time with a total of 4 seconds to make a full rotation of showing both colors. As soon as a minute passes the glow will start to alternate between Earth's yellow glow and Wind's blue glow. It acts like an hourglass effect. As time moves more into Wind Time the green glow gets longer while the yellow glow decreases in time it is shown. When the time is right in the middle of any of the element's time it becomes that solid color, not changing. So 3 am Wind Time would be a solid green color. But, like before, as soon as a minute passes the colors alternating change as well. 3:01 am would show more green time than red time. And as the time slowly moves toward 6 am the alternating colors start to even out. This system repeats the same way for the rest of the day. If you understand that then you'll be good to go and able to live in the Re:Zero world with no trouble at all telling the time.

I can't believe I just geeked out that much. I won't use it that much it's just something cool I thought up since Re:Zero doesn't really have an official way to explain the crystal so this is how I imagine they work. Or at least I don't think there's an official way.

See you in the next chapter! :D