Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

It was precisely because Victor had been so successful that Scotland Yard, at its inception, had specifically studied his various groundbreaking achievements and incorporated some of them into Scotland Yard's "Police Operations Manual".


Arthur had once considered meeting this esteemed predecessor, but the tight budget at Scotland Yard, compounded by the Tory Party's precarious situation, meant that even if Sir Peel had great trust in him, it was impossible to allow Arthur a trip to Paris on public funds while London's political scene was in disarray.


However, unexpectedly, instead of Arthur going to seek out Victor, Victor had come to him.


That a figure like Victor, who usually oversaw Paris's security intelligence system, would come in person also indicated the significance the French placed on the London Conference.


But as Arthur thought about this, he suddenly felt something was amiss.


Chapter 168 Arthur's Colleague in France (4K6)_3