The real succubus was the winged lion all along holly shit! or at least it is just another one of the monsters that capture your heart that were described on the cover of Chapter 60, which among other things is titled Winged Lion.
Just how the goat demon was using a magic mirror to plant the seeds needed to harvest the desires within Misurn, this current demon could be using the Winged Lion to plant the seeds needed to harvest the desires within Laius, so maybe the winged lion is not the demon itself, but is working for the demon, and is just one of many monsters that feed on the hearth, like the living paintings and the mermaid, all of which already failed.
Also that double spread of the final form of the goat demon was incredible.
To think all the captain needed was a foot-massage to fall asleep, Kabru is probably the best caretaker he has had since he became a dungeon lord. Could it be that the reason Pattdohl, Sishys and the others don't go the extra way is out of embarrassment or maybe because they fear that them getting too attached may break the hierarchy of ranks? they seem to care for him, but this chapter made it look like Misurn hadn't had a proper bath for a while, even getting the gloss of his hair back.
@SHTJ mmmh the grimoire being the demon is a good candidate, is a perfect form to captivate something like a wizard and scholar, it also conveniently works with my theory that the winged lion is a minion working for the demon to entrap Laius.
@Kanol Ooooh that's a great catch! in that case maybe it really is the book, since the eyes do match, even the cyclops demon had eyes like those! but the winged lion doesn't has them.
@CountBaltorious but if the winged lion is the actual spirit guardian of the kingdom, why hasn't he revealed to Laius more about the inner workings of the dungeon? how do you explain his connection to kensuke another monster of the dungeon? when the monsters and the richness of the dungeon are products of the demon when they grow? how do you explain that he supposedly says to have no true form or name? a guardian spirit should have a name at least, also he confesses to being a guardian of the kingdom within the dungeon, but we now know that that kingdom is probably a fake reproduction made from the wizards desires, because the dungeons exist to entrap demons not to guard kingdoms, and finally why would the guardian spirit offer Laius a fantasy that would make him the next dungeon lord while keeping hidden the fact that doing so would put him at the mercy of the demon?
For me all those questions seem to point towards the winged lion being more of a succubus that is seducing Laius so that he can fell prey to the demon, rather than a genuine spirit guardian.
