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

For a new High Chancellor, every vacancy was a precious opportunity.


After all, not every High Chancellor could serve for 26 years like Earl Eldon. If a High Chancellor had a short tenure and happened to coincide with a period during which no one retired, it was very likely that he could not install many of his own people from the start to the end of his term.


And at this thought, another possibility sprang into Arthur's mind.


Everyone knew that although the Tory Party and the Whig Party were nominally two unified political parties, there were still countless small factions within each party.


For instance, within the Tory Party there were the liberal faction represented by Sir Peel, the hardliner faction represented by Earl Eldon, the disheveled Hesketh faction hit by a train, and the once prominent Canning faction.


Chapter 202: Human-like Constellations Shine (5K)_3