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 laboratory was quite spacious, and its furnishings were very simple; aside from a Faraday cage, there was nothing else.


However, it is possible that this room wasn't always so austere. At least from the unburned fabric ashes beneath the window sill, it would seem that curtains once hung there.


Inside the Faraday cage, a laboratory table was placed squarely in the center, surrounded by various materials and components used for experiments.


As for the central figure of our narrative, Mr. Charles Wheatstone's attire today was much more distinctive than usual.


The strong electric current caused an electronic breeze to blow through the cage, fluffing Wheatstone's hair so that it seemed to stand up, strand by strand.


This typically bespectacled British gentleman was far from his usual quiet and reserved self. He was clutching a resistor in one hand and an ammeter in the other, and one foot rested on a stool as he laughed uncontrollably at the onlookers.


Chapter 275: Special Treatment for Sudden Serious Illness