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“Next, we invite the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, the Victoria Cross, and a knight of the lower order; the leader of the anti-colonial cause, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, Fellow of the Royal Society, lifelong close friend of great literary masters such as Dickens and Alexandre Dumas, and steadfast supporter of scientific stars like Faraday and Darwin; former Assistant Under-Secretary, Under-Secretary, and Permanent Under-Secretary of the Home Office, the Admiralty, and other departments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom's first Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service; the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus in the history of this school—the honorable Sir Arthur Hastings—to deliver a speech at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the founding of the University of London. ” Arthur's gaze swept across the audience, looking at the young faces, and he murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?Show more

” The phantom of the Red Devil drifted behind him, saliva nearly dripping 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 full of sons of bitches! ” “Oh!!!! ” Thunderous applause erupted from the audience. “Cambridge is the same! ” he immediately added. The applause became even more fervent. (The protagonist, possessed by a demon, travels to 19th-century Britain; a world without magic.)