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

Compared to hiring an assassin to kill his creditor, Mr. Disraeli was usually more worried that the creditors might hire an assassin to kill him.


Arthur even suspected for a while that the lad wanted to run for Parliament just for the parliamentary immunity.


In that way, during the session of Parliament, he could avoid the fate of being thrown into debtor's prison and shamelessly hide out in Westminster Palace as a deadbeat.


Even without parliamentary immunity, British creditors were relatively more tolerant of MPs.


As far as Arthur knew, in London's bankruptcy court there had been lawsuits against merchants, writers, factory owners, and generals.


Several renowned figures from the Royal Navy had to move abroad to dodge debts, including Admiral Sidney Smith whom Arthur had met before.


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