13 Clues will solve Dracula's riddle. They appear in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
Clue 01: A SYMBOL OF EVIL WILL APPEAR WHEN YOU STRIKE THE STAKE.
JPNver: カシノキノクイヲ アルモノニ ウチコムトキ マオウノ ショウチョウハ アラワレル
Translation: A symbol of Dark Lord will appear when you strike a Oak Stake.
Clue 02: DESTROY THE CURSE AND YOU'LL RULE BRAHM'S MANSION.
JPNver: ブラームノヤカタ カワノ ノロイヲ トクモノ ムカエイレル
Translation: The road to Brahm's Mansion will be heralded by dispelling curse of the river.
Clue 03: A FLAME FLICKERS INSIDE THE RING OF FIRE.
JPNver: セイナルホノオノ ミナモトハ ヒニトザサレタ リョウイキニ イマモ ネムル
Translation: Even today the Sacred Flame rests in a realm hidden from sunlight.
Clue 04: CLEAR A PATH AT BERKELEY MANSION WITH A WHITE CRYSTAL.
JPNver: バークレイノ ヤカタデ シロスイショウヲ カザストキ ミチハ ヒラカレル
Translation: A White Crystal can reveal a secret path in the Berkeley Mansion.
Clue 05: TO REPLENISH EARTH, KNEEL BY THE LAKE WITH THE BLUE CRYSTAL.
JPNver: アオスイショウヲ カカゲ コスイノマエニ ヒザマズクトキ ダイチハ ミズヲ ウケイレル
Translation: When the Blue Crystal hits the sand of a lake beach, the earth will swallow the water.
Clue 06: DESTROY THE CURSE WITH DRACULA'S HEART.
JPNver: マオウノシンゾウハ ノロワレシモノノ ノロイヲ トク
Translation: Dark Lord's heart solves the curse of the cursed person.
Clue 07: GARLIC IN THE GRAVEYARD SUMMONS A STRANGER.
JPNver: ハカバニ ニンニクヲ オクト マモノハ キエウセ ソナタヲ マツヒトガ アラワレル
Translation: Put Garlic in cemetery ground, and demons die. You may also meet someone waiting you.
Clue 08: AN OLD GYPSY HOLDS A DIAMOND IN FRONT OF DEBORAH CLIFF.
JPNver: デボラノガケノ マエニ チョウコウセキヲ モツ トシオイタ ジプジーガ イル
Translation: There is an old Gypsy who lives in southern Deborah Cliff. Gypsy has a Ricochet Rock.
Clue 09: WAIT FOR A SOUL WITH A RED CRYSTAL ON DEBORAH CLIFF.
JPNver: デボラノガケノ マエデ アカスイショウヲ カカゲ カゼヲマテ
Translation: Press a Red Crystal against the Deborah Cliff, kneel, and wait for a wind.
Clue 10: PLACE THE LAURELS IN A SILK BAG TO BRING THEM TO LIFE.
JPNver: キヌノフクロニ クルマレシ ゲッケイジュハ タマシイヲ フキコマレル
Translation: When you wrap dry herbs, such as Laurels, in a Silk Bag, they will be brought to life.
Clue 11: DRACULA'S NAIL MAY SOLVE THE EVIL MYSTERY.
JPNver: マオウノツメハ ジャアクノカベヲ ウチクダク チカラヲ モツ
Translation: The nail of Dark Lord possesses the power to shatter evil walls.
Clue 12: THE CURSE HAS KILLED THE LAUREL TREE.
JPNver: イノチアル ゲッケイジュナキモノ ヌマノノロイニ イノチツキル
Translation: A person without living Laurels will perish on the cursed swamp.
Clue 13: DRACULA'S EVIL KNIFE BLURS CAMILLA'S VISION.
JPNver: シニガミガ カクシモツ ナイフニ カミーラノ ヒトミハ クモル
Translation: With the knife which Death hides in his hand, Camilla's eye becomes cloudy.
References
- Simon's Quest dissected Translation based on the text