Natasha was taking a few more minutes to freshen up after our shower. She wouldn't be joining me today anyway. She had spy stuff to do later. I checked up on Sif and she was still out cold as well.
I slipped on a simple Jean/T-shirt combo and headed into the kitchen.
My penthouse has changed a whole lot over the past few days. It was completely unrecognizable from how it had been. My newest roommates were the cause of that. For one thing, the walk to the kitchen was now twice as long… My penthouse's interior size had been magically expanded five times over.
"Good morning, everyone!" I said as I stepped into the kitchen. This room was now three as big and had almost every appliance necessary for the ultimate kitchen.
"Morning, Layla!" Asia called out to me. She was sitting at the counter eating some pancakes.
Heather Potter was sitting next to her. She had moved in as well now that all the girls were officially in school. They were going to Bayville High, which was Jean Grey's school.
"G'mornin…" Heather mumbled with some food in her mouth and a tired expression. She probably stayed up too late watching TV or something.
I'd have to tell her to cut back on that. Thankfully, I was no longer in charge of watching all these teens on my own–with the occasional SHIELD Agent helping.
Someone else was here to help!
"Good morning." The Olympian Goddess Hestia said from behind the stove. "Come and sit. I am making breakfast today."
"You've made breakfast every day since you came." I replied.
Hestia blushed a bit. "I like doing it. It's nice…not being alone anymore."
After I had destroyed Olympus, Hestia showed up at my doorstep and demanded to move in with me. She claimed that I had destroyed her home and I owed her a new one. It's not like anyone was able to say no to her considering her absurdly OP level. She turned out to be pretty great to live with anyway. She was a great cook and the house felt warmer with her here.
After she moved in, and with my permission, Hestia started using magic to expand my Penthouse. We now had over a dozen extra rooms along with a lot more entertainment rooms. We had a full size Olympic swimming pool on the top floor now!
I also really enjoyed having Hestia here because she could watch over the girls whenever I went off on one of my crazy escapades for days on end. Very few threats would be getting by her as one of the strongest beings in the world.
"Good morning, niece." Hestia called out without turning around.
I turned and saw another one of my newest housemates. Artemis was now living here as well.
And she was now my maid…
No, I was not kidding.
Artemis was currently wearing a very real black and white french maid outfit with silver highlights. I personally loved seeing the former haughty Goddess in it. It was like I had my own Grayfia!
I had acquired my own Tsundere Silver haired maid…life was good.
Artemis had been released into my custody. SHIELD didn't even want her back considering how many other Gods they currently had in lock up. Also, Artemis's supposed crimes were some of the hardest to prove anyway. It wasn't worth SHIELD's time. She'd never harmed a Demigod either.
She had allegedly killed quite a few men over the years. All those men were women abusers though…
I couldn't exactly point a finger of judgment at her over that considering I dumped two wannabee rapists in Antarctica to freeze to death just last week.
"Hi, Artemis. Are you doing better?" I asked her. Being cut off from her powers had been rough on her. She was looking much better than her deranged state last week. Those Agardian healers knew what they were doing.
Artemis didn't meet my eyes. "Hmph. I'm doing fine, thank you." She walked over to Hestia's station and quickly grabbed a plate of food. She brought it over and set it down right in front of me. "Here's your food!" She said with a cute bit of attitude.
"Thank you, Artemis. You look lovely in that outfit." I said while smiling at her.
A small blush formed on her cheeks before she scoffed and walked back over to Hestia. She helped her wash the dishes with cleaning magic.
"Can you take us to school, Layla? Akeno already left with her girlfriend." Asia asked when she finished eating.
Akeno was supposed to be in charge of teleporting the girls there. Heather didn't have her own.sling ring because she wasn't a full sorceress yet.
"Sure I can take you, but you're still going to have your guards around the campus." The SHIELD agents were still routinely watching over Asia. She'd healed hundreds of their agents so far and cured a few dozen of them that had life changing injuries even. She was basically the agency's little idol at this point.
Both of the girls had gone upstairs to get ready while I waited in the kitchen. Artemis poured me a cup of coffee while I waited. The caffeine didn't really do anything for my biology but I enjoyed the ambiance of drinking it in the morning.
I heard someone coming down the hall and saw that it was the final new roommate.
Yes, there was one final person who had decided to move in to my surprise.
"Good morning, Frigga."
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