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

After receiving a strong assurance from Marshal Paskevich, Tsar Nicholas I swiftly revoked Marshal Zabalkansky's position and appointed Paskevich as the commander to suppress the rebellion.


As soon as Paskevich took over, he changed Zabalkansky's direct and brutal methods. He cunningly ordered the Russian army to cross the Vistula River near the Prussian border, bypassing the Polish frontline defenses and advancing directly from the west towards Warsaw.


At this time, the Polish rebels were still blaming each other for a previous defeat. Polish generals who had been defeated in the battle of Raszyn were all arrested and imprisoned on charges of treason.


After the court acquitted these generals, the agitated citizens of Warsaw stormed the prison, carried out vigilante justice, and hanged them one by one. The rebel leader Krukowiecki, who was at the frontline, had to rush back to Warsaw overnight to calm the citizens and ordered the arrest of the leaders of the riot.


Chapter 225 Friends of Poland (4K8)_2