A few hours later after meeting Ryuu, all the members of the Hestia and the new members of Freya's Familia gathered in the backyard as we waited for the Takemikazuchi, Miach, and Hephaestus Familia's arrival as Hestia wanted to show off the church and I was just taking a break from cooking on the grill I threw together and passed the cooking off to Kie Kamado.
Freya's new Familia members mostly consisted of people like Tamayo and the less combat focused people I had brought from the Demon Slayer world like the younger members of the Kamado family and Rengoku's family.
"Delicious!" Rengoku announced as he ate the skewers, I had been cooking, Muichiro rolled his eyes and quickly moved away from the man who kept repeating how the food was delicious as he vacantly stared at nothing fully engrossed into his food.
"So, Jake, is there anything in particular I can do to help you?" Kanae Kocho, Shinobu's sister asked me, and I knew that she and the others were probably getting stir crazy having to be confined within the wards as the mana I filled them with didnt count for a true embodiment and according to Freya who is a goddess of death, the systems on Tenkai would be able to sense the spirits running around if they leave the wards.
So, I obviously couldn't ask her to help in the dungeon or go for groceries... And I couldn't have the people I resurrected hold down the fort in the dungeon bases I created as they couldn't have a Falna put on them with how they didnt have a body for the falna to be inscribed upon.
"Use your experience and train the younger members of the Familia in your flower breathing style, it's probably the gentlest breathing style there is, which can make a decent foundation should they learn or create another style." I said after a moment of thought.
Kanae hummed in thought but before she could respond, Shinobu stomped over after she saw her sister was sitting right beside me and talking so casually.
"Big Sister you aren't trying to embarrass me again are you!" Shinobu hissed as her furtively looked around at the gathered people who were conversing with one another trying to see if anyone heard something that would be awkward.
Shinobu typically was the big sister figure of a group and loved to lightly tease people to bring up morale, but it was plain to all that she got her teasing attitude from her sister and could only collapse like a castle of cards in the face of Kanae's precise prodding that would always target the sore points of Shinobu, like her height for example.
While Shinobu was grilling her sister about what we were talking about I saw Hestia perk up as she was talking to Lili and the two powerwalked of the back yard and towards the front to let whoever was here into the party.
"Don't worry little Shinobu I won't embarrassed you too much." Kanae lazily explained and then she stood up and walked past Shinobu and stopped her a second making Shinobu turn around with her as she walked past her. "Haaa." Kanae suddenly yawned and stretched but the motion was obviously disguised as an evil move as she bent over to touch her toes in the 'stretching' and her backside solidly thumped into Shinobu's stomach sending her backwards.
A soft thump sounded out as Shinobu landed in my lap from the impromptu butt smash from her sister and I reflexively wrapped my arms around the soft curves of Shinobu as her back settled against my chest.
Shinobu was frozen at what happened and before she could fly off in embarrassment and I could literally see her neck and tips of her eyes turning pink, Kanae spoke gently with zero shame. "Shinobu if you run off now, then that means you don't like Jake at all and wanted to embarrass him in front of the guests coming."
"This is already embarrassing!" Shinobu hissed though she didnt jump off my lap and instead took a deep breath and relaxed against me and I could actually enjoy the feeling of Shinobu's behind as she relaxed on my lap.
Kanae shrugged as she smiled lightly. "Well Jake already has a harem... It's just you marking your territory while the queen is away." Kanae tittered and skipped away happily ignoring Shinobu's hushed threats of retribution.
"Don't worry, Hestia wont get mad if anything she will like you more due to how you match her body shape." I said quietly making her ears turn even pinker due to how close we were to one another and her feeling my breath on her ear.
I was able to cuddle with Shinobu for a little while longer until Hestia brought back Hephaestus and the other gods who somehow made their way to here at the same time and Shinobu went to mingle with the other Hashira and the members of Take's Familia and compare swordsmanship.
I then saw a clearly tired Ryuu leading a brown-haired goddess into the backyard. "Hey Ryuu!" I called out and the elf and her accompanying goddess saw me waving for them to come over to my empty table.
"Hoooh! So, this is the dastardly Jake who ensnared Freya and thus entrapped my precious Ryuu!" Astrea said putting a hand to her hip and using her other hand to point at my chest.
"Well, I wont have it! Ryuu is mine and you cant have her without me as well and good luck seducing me a virgin goddess!"
I blankly looked at Ryuu who flushed at my judging looks and then Astrea blushed heavily as I asked Ryuu the golden question. "She doesn't know I have slept with Hestia, does she..." I drawled
"No. I thought it best for her to hear this from you as she has been living in a town a decent distance away from Orario, she doesn't know all your sordid deeds other than ravishing Freya to the point of her becoming the first goddess to ever become pregnant." Ryuu snickered wearing a light smile as her goddess started twitching at the thought that she had challenged a man who seduced a virgin goddess and impregnated another.