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

"If you are willing to answer, I am all ears for both,"


Talleyrand, with one hand on the card table, sighed, "I wanted to speak of joyful matters at today's banquet, but since you insist on hearing it, I'll tell you.


About the Republic, I expressed my views back in 1792—the old monarchical faith had collapsed, but the new ideals of liberty had not been widely accepted. I saw that France would fall into a sea of blood, an age without justice, only the violence of beasts."


"Fact has proven my opinion. I can say to you very seriously that you are able to stand here soundly because you are talking to Talleyrand. If Robespierre were sitting here now, your head would have 'moved' by this time."


Great Dumas frowned, "I am a Republican."


Talleyrand laughed, "Danton, Marat, Brissot, Ebel, Dumouriez, and so forth, all of them were Republicans, and even Robespierre himself was sent to the guillotine. Do you dislike me because I opposed their wanton killing?"


Chapter 193: The Chameleon is the Emblem of Politics (4K4)_3