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

Lionel's father, Nathan Rothschild, now found himself caught between a rock and a hard place. Continuing to invest in the Tory Party was extremely cost-ineffective, not to mention the Duke of Wellington's previous indifference to Jewish emancipation, but even the Tory Party's status as the opposition was cause for concern.


If they outright abandoned the Tory Party and shifted allegiance to the Whig Party, all the Rothchild Family's efforts to curry favor with the Tories over the past decade would be wasted.


Nor could anyone guarantee when the Tories might return to power; if that happened, the Rothschilds would face a disaster upon the Tories' next ascension.


From an investment perspective, putting all eggs in one basket does not align with the family's interests.


As the year was coming to a close, the Rothschild Family still had some leftover political contributions. They were unsure where to allocate the remaining funds until Arthur's emergence offered a new possibility.


Chapter 178: The Visit of the Rothschilds (4K8)_3