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

Louis had expected Arthur to reveal some earth-shattering secret, so this sudden twist made him burst into uncontrollable laughter, "I thought your collection of jokes about my uncle was already extensive, but it turns out you not only enjoy gathering tales about the Emperor of France but also can't let the King of Prussia off the hook?"


Arthur replied with an innocent face, "Who knows? Perhaps in the future, I might even add the Tsar of Russia to my collection of stories? But when you think about it, be it kings or emperors, they're all humans after all. I've always felt everyone has a nose and two eyes, so there shouldn't be much difference. Louis, you might even become an emperor in the future. Although you might not catch up to Frederick the Great, I think you'd at least be much better than Frederick I, who, after all, was hardly normal to interrupt a priest's prayer on his deathbed."


"Interrupt a priest's prayer? How did that happen?"


Chapter 268: The King's Power (4K6)_3