User blog comment:Derax-Pagani/Chapter 502 Review/@comment-24102956-20160919112456/@comment-24102956-20160921114707

True, that's what I like about Mest and the way he do things that Fairy Tail would normally not do. Not preaching nakama shit helps too. He's being a realist and grounded.

Still, he fucked up. The negotiations would have been successful if Mest didn't use it to try assassinate the strongest man of the Spriggan 12 who can easily shrug off a sword stabbing in the chest.

If it was successful, August would probably withdraw from the battlefield for now, giving FT the relief off their back from him even for a moment, unless he's directly ordered by Zeref to get back there or explain to the guild the true reasons why Alvarez needed Fairy Heart as it was needed to defeat Acnologia, the true enemy and third party of the conflict.

True, some may call him out for using that excuse in attacking their homeland but August would simply state he's but a loyal servant obeying to His Majesty who doesn't even mind that he has the power to literally kill him if he wanted to.