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

Tennyson, seeing this, quickly gestured to Great Dumas not to be impulsive, "Alexander, thanks for your good intentions, but it's really not necessary; I've already dropped out of school. Once an arrow is shot, there's no getting it back and besides, it's just too expensive to pay a hundred or two hundred pounds a year for a second- or third-rate diploma from Cambridge."


"A hundred or two hundred pounds?" Great Dumas trembled at the thought, "Are Cambridge diplomas made of gold or what? To pay so much just to attend school? If someone completed their studies in full, all this money spent on schooling would be enough to buy two houses in London."


At this point, Great Dumas suddenly realized something, "So, that means Charles, the little baldy, comes from a rather wealthy family?"


Arthur glanced at him, "What do you think? I've told you before, I'm the only true 'country bumpkin' among us all."


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