As the boys undressed and tied their towels around their hips in the changing room, Arun stole a few admiring glances at Julius' body. Yet, he shook his head. Mages didn't need to resemble marble statues. Still, these muscles looked quite good...
He gazed at his own skinny torso, sighing. Perhaps if he found time between two magical classes after the school year started...
With a cough, he approached a man wearing a light blue tunic.
He leaned against the wall, his tanned skin pulled taut over his cheeks, and his thin yet vigorous limbs betraying his working environment.
"Rub both of us." Arun produced eighteen bronze coins, which instantly made the man nod.
He fetched two empty buckets from beneath the stone bench and gestured for them to follow him.
They crossed the hammam's central room, then entered one of the many smaller ones flanking the sides of the building.
