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

This solution greatly exceeded Britain's psychological expectations, Talleyrand was almost explicitly indicating that as long as Britain supported Belgium's independence and geographically lifted the encirclement surrounding France, France wouldn't mind if Belgium's new government was pro-British.


Such a tempting offer, Duke Wellington and Viscount Palmerston, of course, agreed immediately, as they could not think of any reason to refuse.


And as Britain turned to support France, realizing that this conference might become a protracted tug-of-war, Russia's stance obviously loosened, which essentially confirmed that Arthur's intelligence was reliable.


And Talleyrand's concessions also implied that the vague reports about France that Arthur handed in this morning had no issues.


For a temporary organization without any appropriations, a young man of twenty to accomplish such great deeds, it was no wonder that Duke Wellington appreciated him.


Chapter 191: Special Commendation (4K8)_3