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

The gentleman seated to my right is the leader of the British fashion novel scene and a French Romantic playwright, the creator of "Christina," "Henry III and His Courts," and "The Count of Monte Cristo," Mr. Alexander Dumas, the editor-in-chief of popular literature for the "British."


As for me, Benjamin Disraeli, although I have not yet become Prime Minister, please believe that I will be in the future," he said.


Chopin, hearing this string of dazzling titles, felt his brain crammed to the brim and was still not quite sure what was going on.


Seeing him like this, Arthur simply laughed and said, "Don't worry, Frederick, now that we are friends. Your concert is in my hands, just as you said, not just for you, but also for the Polish people. Since we have already published Mr. Mitskevich's manuscript, we will not refuse to host another concert."


Chapter 245: Unparalleled Zither and Sword (5K8)_3