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

In the living room, in front of the sofa, Arthur, Disraeli, and Great Dumas sat together discussing a battle plan against Gladstone.


From Disraeli's clenched teeth, one could read just how much he detested that suddenly emerged outstanding Oxford graduate.


However, one couldn't really blame the Tory bigwigs for admiring Gladstone so much; the young man's academic background and personality traits precisely hit their political aesthetic.


He graduated successively from Eton College and Oxford University, led a life of purity and temperance, had a strong sense of public duty, did not smoke, did not indulge in alcohol, did not engage in promiscuous relationships, and had never even had a girlfriend.


In terms of moral values, he was a typical Calvinist with traditional conservative attitudes.


Politically, he agreed with the series of legal reforms carried out by Sir Peel, advocated for judicial fairness, and publicly declared 'justice delayed is not justice'.


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