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

Arthur had just finished looking at the advertisement in front of him when he suddenly saw Minister Rowan, who was sitting across from him and smoking, toss him a tin box filled with tobacco.


Minister Rowan said, "If you want to smoke, just take some, and while you're at it, we can also discuss your thoughts."


Arthur lit up and leaned back in his chair, saying, "It's certainly good news that Harrison is willing to withdraw the lawsuit, but the crux of the issue is that he started this, we at Scotland Yard didn't provoke him. If we just stop the investigation now, aren't we telling other departments that we're easy to mess with? I know that our police force in Britain possibly cannot be as feared as the Parisian police or Russia's Imperial Office, but we are still an institution of force after all. We aren't asking that MPs respect us like they do the Royal Navy or the Army, but should they really be allowed to falsely accuse us whenever they wish?"


Chapter 218 Opposing Scotland Yard Comes at a Cost (4K)