A merchant stumbles on a grotto, lost. He eats his last apple. The merchant plants the seeds the next day to provide food for future lost travelers.
And so, the nymph Theanore is born.
She would grow from a tiny seed to a splendid apple tree. She would meet many friends. Theanore will try her hand at being a merchant like her father. And she will get to know her lifetime companion, the merman Marinus.
But as every farmer can tell you, apple trees live only for about 150 years and so, with her tree dried up, so will Theanore die.
But before that, she will live.
A really cute story! You've got farming, systems, and mates.
A harsh review but that's the truth. Author had a promising premise but wasted it by rushing the story from the get go and seemingly brute forcing things like inserting romance very early on. Inconsistencies also started to prop up and judging by how the author just seemingly let it slide, not so promising. Thus, a rather unfortunate wasted potential that was ruined by blatant issues that made it bland, shallow, and forced. Benefit of doubt that the later chapters improved but the early chapters pretty much already crippled the read for me.