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

Actually, long before the cholera epidemic erupted in Britain, the British Government had already noticed this horrifying disease.


As a lethal disease originating from the South Asian subcontinent, the British Army had already experienced the power of cholera as early as 1817.


At that time, during the Third Maratha War between Britain and India, just like the previous two wars, it seemed that the army was about to achieve another sweeping victory without external aid to the Indian Princes.


However, shortly after the outbreak of the war, cholera silently invaded Calcutta and, as soldiers became infected one after another, the combat effectiveness of the army was rapidly impacted, even making the frontline conflicts arduous.


Unfortunately, although cholera was an Indian disease, it infected without regard to nationality, clearly lacking patriotism.


Thus, cholera quickly extended its reach from the British Army to all soldiers on the battlefield.


Chapter 277 Busy Scotland Yard (4K6)_2