Motivation to continue

Hey all. So I started Umineko a couple days ago and it's the first pure visual novel I've played (I've played stuff like Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, and Zero Escape before). I'm also really into reading novels and I love mysteries. Right now I think I'm nearing the end of episode 2 (they just got to the room where Kumasawa and Nanjo got killed but the corpses are missing). I have to say I'm a little bit disappointed so far.

During the first episode I really felt the tension and I enjoyed the characters trying to work out wtf was going on. It seemed like the central question we would explore in the game is "Is the witch real? Or can everything be explained without magic?" I was on board with that. Now during this episode, we have Kanon having a duel with a ripped goat using magic swords and it just kind of takes me out of it a little. Like we have things that are obviously magical occurring but all Battler and Beatrice are arguing about is the logistics of the locked rooms. And I guess I'm supposed to look past this, but he's literally talking to her while watching his family go through the 2 days on the island with different circumstances this time, how the hell is he experiencing this and still denying magic? Is it meant to be some kind of 4th wall break and they're actually discussing outside of the confines of the story?

I guess what I'm asking is, will the rest of the episodes be like this with more fantastical stuff happening? And if so, is the mystery still good enough to stick it to the end? And if somehow it turns out magic isn't actually real, I'll be really curious to see how it's explained without seeming like an asspull. Right now I'm predicting that all the shit with the witch is real and the moral is to accept some things are beyond our understanding or something.

No spoilers pls. If my question requires a spoilery answer, lemme know.