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

After Arthur promised to resolve the issue, General Napier left, humming a tune to himself.


However, the secretary from the Foreign Office stayed and began to casually chat with Arthur about the recent changes in London.


Aside from the workers' riots caused by the quarantine policy at the ports, the other major issue was the various incidents of patients' relatives assaulting the quarantine hospitals due to the strict isolation of patients.


All in all, it sounded like the Home Secretary, Viscount Melbourne, must have been quite troubled recently.


In terms of public affairs, he had to deal with the peasant revolts in the south led by Swin and the various public health and security incidents caused by cholera. In his private life, he even had to find time to contend with the allegations of an undue relationship brought by Judge George Norton.


Chapter 309: The Bigwig of the East India Company