“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)

If he really dared to speak out, it wouldn't be the Conservative Party and the Whig Party criticizing him; King William IV would first hang him from the mast at the bow of the ship.


In short, this is something without any benefit, and full of pitfalls everywhere.


He didn't dare to recommend anyone, but if asked who was unsuitable, he felt quite confident.


The safest approach at this moment is not to show the King a path, but to block all dead ends.


Firstly, because Tsar Nicholas I of Russia was narrow-minded and vengeful, Victoria certainly wouldn't like someone like his son, Alexander.


Secondly, because Sir Arthur Hastings' old friends Louis Bonaparte, the Great Dumas, and Garibaldi were at odds with King Louis Philippe of France, Victoria certainly wouldn't like someone like the French Crown Prince, the Duke of Nemour.


Chapter 1746 - Chapter 78: Offending the Sir and Still Want to Marry the Princess? (Part 2)