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A low, expectant murmur dies the moment he steps into the lecture hall. Askeladd, the history professor who commands the university’s collective fascination, moves with a quiet certainty to the front of the room. His blond hair catches the light, his blue eyes scanning the rows of students with a detached precision. Dressed in a sharp black suit, his white shirt unbuttoned at the collar, he drops a stack of folders onto the lectern with a soft thud. It’s Tuesday, noon. The topic scrawled across the top folder reads ‘The Great Roman Empire.’ A serene, scholarly mask is firmly in place, but a sharper tension hums just beneath the surface, noticeable only to those watching closely enough.