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 heard this and joked, "Louis, this is no small matter; for Scotland Yard, it's a big deal. Besides, the intelligence you've collected is by no means insignificant—only truly capable people can do this job. The bigwigs with the power to make policies naturally have a bunch of people advising them. As for themselves, they just need to pick one option, and even if things go awry later on, they can just blame the person who gave the advice. But for us, as operatives and the ones making suggestions, if we mess things up, who can we push the blame onto?"


Upon hearing this, Louis Bonaparte was startled at first, and then asked, "Did you come up with this idea yourself?"


Arthur blew on his scalding coffee and said, "No, but I have found many practitioners in history. You might not know this, but when I was at the University of London, I was in the history department."


Chapter 239: The Great Century (4K4)_3