Charlotte was certainly not doing this for himself. His record was spotless.
If he wanted, he could even become a genuine salary thief. After all, his legal superior, His Highness the Crown Prince of the Empire, never involved himself in City Patrol affairs. Whether Charlotte showed up for work or not would not affect the payment of his salary. He was doing this to secure official positions for those adventurers.
Ever since he had been forced to flee, Charlotte had made up his mind to accomplish something.
Once he turned this group of adventurers into the City Patrol, he would no longer be a commander without troops.
As for the adventurers, there was no need to worry at all.
The City Patrol was an official military post. Although low-ranking City Patrol soldiers earned little, the work was stable and safer. People generally would not dare target the City Patrol, and life was far more secure than that of an adventurer.
If Charlotte could pull this off, it would be a windfall for those adventurers. Very few of them would refuse.
Charlotte obtained Madame Aldegonde's documents, used Flor to clear the way, ran through several departments, and smoothly "replenished" a batch of records. He had spent two years at the Central Government Office, and those years had not been wasted. He was intimately familiar with the Empire's administrative procedures.
Following the proper process, even recruiting a new batch of the lowest-ranking civil servants was extremely difficult. But if the records of existing civil servants had "gone missing," it became much easier to "replenish" the identities of low-ranking City Patrol clerks. There was not even any need to submit a report to superiors; he only had to grease the right lower-level officials.
Of course, the most critical part was that he himself