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

In the drawing room, Arthur leaned on the sofa, his expression complex and ever-changing, indescribable.


Be it the intermittent arguments echoing from the corridor outside the drawing room or the memories flashing through his mind, it was hard for him to accept the reality of dissecting patients.


Indeed, after last year's body snatching case in London, Sir Peel had already drafted an "Anatomy Act" and formally submitted it to the House of Commons after the Tory Cabinet fell earlier this year.


This Act gained near-effortless high vote support from MPs of both parties and officially became part of Britain's numerous medical regulatory methods after approval by the House of Lords.


Yet, even so, to this day, there are still many religious figures and medical workers who oppose this Act.


Chapter 298: The Duality of the Choleric Nightwatchman