Leon's Entrustment, Iron Curtain's Treatment

"I can give you a candidate slot for the Supreme Commander Plan."

After pondering for a long while, Leon slowly spoke to Sharip, who stood before him. But before Sharip could thank him, Leon interrupted:

"However, I have one condition."

"Please, Senior, go ahead."

"My condition is that after returning to the Herdosi Kingdom, you apply to the higher-ups to seal all your past records. From then on, you must not participate in any battles as the commanding officer." After saying this, Leon quietly looked at Sharip, waiting for his reply.

At this, Sharip did not respond immediately. Instead, as though he had thought of something, he watched Leon across from him with flickering eyes. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Senior Leon, if I'm not mistaken, your purpose isn't to hinder my future career prospects. You have some other plan, don't you?" "...As expected, you're very clever. In fact, you're even more outstanding than I anticipated."

Seeing that Sharip had not grown angry and had instead guessed part of the reason, Leon inwardly sighed, What a monster. He then stopped keeping him in suspense and said solemnly, "The Fauken Campaign ended several months ago. All the combat intelligence and details of the front lines have already been submitted to the military authorities. I believe you've also gained an understanding of that campaign." "So I want to ask you: What do you think of that campaign—or rather, what do you think of that Empire commander, John; Maslow, who defeated our army with tactics time and again?" ... "His intelligence-gathering methods are terrifying, and his command skills can be called the best in the world. Even I could probably only hope to match him." Hearing Leon mention that Empire commander, Sharip did not boast in the slightest. Instead, he gave