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 ask a Londoner to name areas that represent the dwellings of London's elite and prominent merchants, Marylebone and Mayfair would certainly top the list. And right at the border between Marylebone and Mayfair lies the most dazzling architectural star of Marylebone.


In a location adjacent to the bustling Oxford Street and the Royal Regent's Park, there is an emerging residential area—Regency Crescent.


The Royal architect, Sir John Nash, had planned and designed many renowned architectural projects in his lifetime, such as the Buckingham Palace renovation plan, the landscape design of Regent's Park and Marylebone Park, and the construction of Trafalgar Square, St. James's Park, and the Haymarket Theatre.


But this did not prevent Regency Crescent from becoming the most outstanding work of his life.


Chapter 207: Network Monitoring (5K4)