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

"Do you really think I'd be interested in those sickly sweet messages of 'My darling, I love you, you love me' that flood the 'Amorous Column'? Whether an Oxford student plans to elope with a newly met girl, some Priest in a certain region is suspected of keeping several lovers, or the Earl's youngest son is pursuing a lady enough to be his mother, what use is knowing these things to me?"


Upon hearing this, Louis chuckled and complimented, "Sir, although they are of no use, I still must say, you have an impressive memory."


When Arthur heard this, the smoke he had just inhaled got stuck in his throat.


He coughed repeatedly, and steam seemed to be coming out of both his nose and mouth, "Louis, are you doing this on purpose?"


"No, I'm serious," Louis replied with a smile, "I used to hear people say that all our archived files are stored in your brain, and I didn't believe it. But now it seems that everyone was spot-on."


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