User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 518: Master Enchant, Review./@comment-125.212.122.49-20170121132827/@comment-202.125.102.33-20170126063652

If Hiro just introduced the old guy as just that, an aged wizard with great power and vast wisdom, then there wouldn't be that much to expect from him and the August vs Irene comparisons wouldn't be as acrimonious and overblown. But instead, he's built up as the general of the 12 and one of the strongest mages in the empire and perhaps the world, with the reputation of supposedly knowing all sorts of magic.

All in all, I feel especially bad for the way he's handled among the many side characters already poorly handled... I never did get why August for all the vague but impressive-sounding bits of lore about him isn't being given more tasks or more spotlight.