Wow, Teresse is an awesome heroine. This is how you do a shoujo manga protagonist right!
I'm also liking Clarise as the "villainess" a lot. She's haughty and still cares about status, but she's fair and respectful towards Teresse. I like this kind of "rival" villainess than the alpha bitch.
So this is the snake tribe?
Wiefe -> bihe -> hebi (snake)
It also fits with the ordering. Other than rabbit and tiger being switched a bit, the order the party encounters the tribes is the same with the order of the Eastern Zodiac.
Ehh, to be honest this is one of the weakest villainess stories I've read. Tiararose is too passive and too dependent on Aquasteed.
I prefer girls like Scarlet, Yulia, or even Bakarina.
So I don't think the winged lion is the demon. Rather, it's the Mad Sorcerer's book, since it has the same eye design as the demon in the flashback. From chapter 55: https://mangadex.org/chapter/640130/20
Also a bit of a retcon? Chapter 55 implies Kabru and Misurn fell when Laius has went past...