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

"Chief, the investigation into the source of the firearms has yielded results,"


Chief Field placed a document on the desk in front of Arthur.


"Oh? So soon?" Arthur picked up the document and leaned back in his chair to read, "Such efficiency is not common, even in London, our own turf, getting to the bottom of the source of six guns is not a matter of just a few days."


Field reported, "The reason we were able to make a breakthrough so quickly with the firearms issue was mainly because we found the receipts for their firearm purchases in the hotel where the three gunmen were staying. According to the receipts, two of the revolvers are undoubtedly from the hand of Mr. Samuel Colt. As for the two flintlock guns from the East India Company and the Beretta Company, they were exchanged from London's Mokeson Gun Shop.


Chapter 306 Three Files