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

The gamblers below completely lost it when they saw what was happening, with supporters from both sides starting to hurl abuse at each other. The situation soon escalated into a chaos of beer bottles flying all over the place. Gamblers trying to duck out on their debts took advantage of the mayhem to attempt to snatch back their stakes, and the drunks, once they saw blood, got the idea to have a go at others. Ladies screamed and ran around with their skirts hoisted up, while theft gangs from London's East and West Districts seized the chance to make a killing.


If it weren't for the fact that we had taken fifty guns that day and fired several rounds into the air, and that there was a relatively strong police presence, I'd wager that more people than just MacKay on the boxing ring would have ended up dead. But even so, after the boxing match ended, we cops still came out of it with more than a few bruises, and a couple of unlucky fellows nearly got their heads split by bottles."


Chapter 228: The British's Deadly Game (5K)_3