There might be but you can't find out

Standing outside the upper class baths you glare at the door with no way to open it. The hallway is completely empty, if Stephanie had entered the upper class baths you doubt anyone would could go in wouldn't have gone in. You contemplate disintegrating the door.

You let out a despondent sigh and walk to the middle class baths. Thankfully you'd gotten your keystone back from Delilah this morning so you can at least wash the sand off you. Walking into the changing room you pull off your uniform and find the cut in it's sleeve. There is a bit of blood around it and you check your arm to find a dried trail from where the guards blade had broken skin. You didn't think it had been open long enough to bleed. Wiping at the dried blood it cracks. You stop from wiping it all off and, looking at the floor you disintegrate the few flakes you'd pulled loose. There is no magic cleansing water here so you'd just be leaving blood on the ground for someone else to clean otherwise.

Walking into the bath you find it busy. There is a lot more activity than usual as well. And not all of it exclusively sexual. A few students are running around the pools, others are wresting in the water. Towels are being throw around and occasionally wiped at people. You take a seat when you see one free near the alcoves with the cleansing water and look for the ladle to scoop some over your arm.

You find someone else using it so you just sit there and wait. More than a few eyes look at you and the little bit of dried blood on your arm.

"Hey," A guy says walking over, "that was really cool, in the arena."

"What?" All you did was stand there and basically let people hit you.

"Just ignoring all the magic." He said. "Think I could do something like that?"

There was some laughter from a woman who walk over and put her arms around the guys shoulders. "Don't worry, I'll keep you safe." She said then turned him away, the hand on his shoulder dropping to grab his ass.

"I don't think he wants to." You said seeing how uncomfortable his aura was.

"Sure he does. You want to spend some time with me right?" The woman said for him, still trying to push him along but not struggling a little.

"No I don't." He said squirming around and getting out of her grasp. The woman looked completely shocked at that.

"Fine then." She said shrugging and walking back to her friends who laughed at her.

"You ok?" You asked the guy looking amazed that had worked.

"Y-yeah." He said as a smile grew on his face.

"That was pretty cool, standing up for yourself." You said giving him an approving nod.

"Yeah." He said as the smile got even bigger. He looked at you. "Thanks."

"That was all you, I just sat here." You answered truthfully. You aren't even sure if you would have stepped in he'd asked. Stephanie's warning of your stability, or lack of, is very fresh.

"You wanna meet my friends?" He asked, you could see the excitement of a victory was really hitting him now, giddy at being able to tell a woman to go away and not having her laugh and pull him along anyway.

"Ah, sure." You said standing up and following him. He didn't go far, a group of three other guys and five women were chatting in a corner and her introduced you. The blood on your arm was noted and you had a ladle of cleansing water provided to wash off. "Thanks."

They introduced themselves as you made sure all the blood was gone. From what you could tell the guys and girls were all in relationships though the minutiae of who was with who was a little beyond you. You think this is how people would feel if you tired to explain your relationship status to anyone. The guy who had walked over was the only one not seeing anyone. probably why when you stood next to him you could tell more eyes were on him than you.

The conversation between everyone moved back to classes as it had before you'd arrived. The topic of most interest were the classes for how to be a good husband, a class you found a little insulting. The women all enjoy their equivalent, going into some detail about how they were learning to manage finances.

"I'd rather go to your class." You new friend said. The girls laughed at him saying how he'd be out of his depth pretty quickly. He chewed his lip and said they were wrong, he was just as smart as them. You felt like you were seeing a microcosm of gender equity playing out. One that might be happening in the wider public at some point.

The girls rolled their eyes and demanded her prove it. They rattled off a series of questions that he did his best to answer but just couldn't. The questions weren't first week questions they were post ground work teaching questions. Math that while not complex took time to answer, time that wasn't given. Seeing him shrinking under all the questions you answered for him. Time to answer wasn't really an issue for you, all you had to do was speed yourself up to give yourself more.

"Well he might be able to but he's an exception. You should just focus on your classes." Was the slightly annoyed response at not being able to fluster you.

"Actually I think we should be able to go your classes as well. Why do we need to learn how to be a good husband if you don't learn how to be a good wife." You say back, more than a little annoyed right back at them. You'd gotten used to being excluded from the gender issue but every time it was presented to your face you were reminded of how you did not like it.

That started a small debate between you your new friend and the women, the other guys were happy to just be quiet, not wanting to get on their partners' bad sides.

The debate didn't last long, nor did it get very deep. Interrupted by the sound of a surprised and a new woman wrapping her arms around your new friend. The women in the group immediately responded shouting at the new woman and looking like they be happy to physically fight her off if needed. The new woman shrugged and walked off, suggesting your friend come to her next time.

They women checked in to make sure your friend was ok. It was honestly kinda strange, seeing women arguing that he wasn't of the same intrinsic worth as them, yet leaping to his defense without hesitation. You would have more expected them to be more jovial or friendly to the woman trying to drag him away than overtly hostile.

With the debate over and you thoroughly clean of blood you headed to the pool. Most of the rest of the group joined you, only one couple didn't because they had decided to get very handsy.

In the water you were immediately introduced to a game. The girls close their eyes and try to find the guys in the water. You and your new friend decided to not play, the whole everyone being naked seemed to indicated how the women are supposed to find the guys. Doing a few laps that your friend couldn't keep up with you discovered you were entirely correct in your assessment of the game and the pool filled up rather quickly as more women brought their male counterparts into the game. Leaving the pool you helped your new friend out as a women, clearly cheating tried to grab him.

He thanked you and the two of you dried off heading to get changed while the orgy with extra steps started behind you. Getting changed you pulled at the sleeve with a gash in it. "I can sow that up if you want." You friend said, he pulled out a needle and thread from his pockets.

He was very quick, sowing the cut closed and handing it back while you thanked him and admired his work. The two of went to get dinner together.