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

London Bloomsbury, Chancery Lane, Court of Equity.


Arthur and Rowan, the head of the hall, walked down the steps of the courthouse, side by side.


Compared to when they had arrived, they now held several more documents in their hands.


These were the newly drafted resolutions from the joint meeting that had just been held by the Lord Chancellor's office, the Navy Department, the Home Office, the General Post Office, and the Customs Department.


Following the consultation results of this morning's meeting before the King, the Privy Council, and the Cabinet, King William IV, in agreement with all members of the Privy Council, formally signed the Royal Seal warrant authorizing Lord Brougham, the High Chancellor of Britain, to supervise the nation's cholera epidemic prevention and control as the highest overseer of national health.


Chapter 281: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton Revisited