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

Liverpool, old wharfs, the streets in front of the Golden Lion Hotel.


Ever since leaving the pub, Arthur had continuously surveyed the roads in the nearby blocks.


As an experienced Scotland Yard detective, he quickly identified several locations that could be used for long-term surveillance of the hotel rooms, which would likely serve as hideouts for the assassins mentioned by the Red Devil.


Although Arthur usually didn't believe the jokes that came out of Agares's mouth, unfortunately, the information this time was bought with souls.


Signed in black and white on the contract and sealed with the Red Devil's privately minted Hexagram stamp, Arthur had no choice but to believe it.


No matter what Arthur thought, he didn't believe that Agares would risk falsifying a soul contract for such a trivial deal.


Chapter 290: Social Dance Party