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

How have you been lately? Hehe, life on the Beagle is quite fulfilling, but I can't help but want to write to you friends in London, please say hello to Alexander, Benjamin, Charles, and let them not forget that they still have a friend floating on the sea at the other end of the Earth.


Oh, I almost forgot, I might offend Eld by saying this, but if Alexander and the others are willing to consider Eld as a species on their same dimension, then let's reluctantly count two friends.


On February 28, the expedition officially entered the Amazon Jungle from Bahia. Arthur, you can't imagine how delighted a naturalist is to see a lush and thriving forest. Elegant grasses, a myriad of parasitic plants, beautiful yet deadly flowers, and dripping green foliage—the moment I stepped into the Amazon Jungle, I felt that if there is a Heaven on Earth, it must be hidden in this endless ocean of green.


Chapter 238 Why Are Things Always So Bad for Eld (7K2)