There's Absolutely No Problem With The Magic Cards I Made! Chapter 79 - Decan's Deductive Method

"Are you saying that when all six corners of the array are lit with red light, the vampire might appear?"

"Remove the 'might.' If two more people die, we'll have to face Viscount Augustine, the vampire."

Carefully examining the pedestal under the piano, it seemed to be a large coffin embedded in the ground. Presumably, it was the hiding place of Viscount Augustine, the vampire.

"So, what was the cause of death for the mansion's owner?"

Lilith still asked in puzzlement.

"However you look at it, it appears to be a suicide."

In general, scenes that appear to be suicides usually turn out not to be actual suicides. But, to be honest, as an experienced professional in this field, Decan felt that it was indeed a suicide. In a world like this, there's no need to make murder so elaborate.

"Why would he commit suicide?"

"Perhaps he was being controlled by the vampire that wanted to sacrifice us but, in the end, he regained a glimmer of sanity and, in his struggle, gave himself a fatal wound."

When Decan presented this conclusion, the long-stalled mission prompt finally began to update.

[Viscount Augustine, after being pursued by the Church and severely wounded, sealed himself in a magical coffin on the brink of death.]

[He enslaved the remnants of the witch and the werewolf, and placed a curse on the mansion. This curse continually eroded the mansion owner's control over his thoughts, making the owner offer sacrifices for him. If six souls of tier 3 or higher were offered within three days, Viscount Augustine would be resurrected.]

[So, many years later, one day, the mansion's owner invited a group of friends to visit the mansion.]`

[They planned to offer sacrifices to Viscount Augustine.]

[However, the mansion's owner retained a glimmer of clarity. He understood the consequences of his actions and, during a brief moment where he regained self-awareness, chose to commit suicide.]

[At the same time, he became the first sacrifice.]

[However, two individuals had already been affected by the curse of the mansion,

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