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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.

The Apple Grotto Nymph (Dungeon Core Fairy Tale)

Darion cackled as he mixed in fairy dust in the glitter for the presents. As he predicted, he was sent to a toy making factory.

The fairy dust would attract fairies. It was not made of an actual fairy but was their preferred dessert.

This factory was going to go up in flames in about an hour. But until then, Darion would mix the glitter diligently, as was his task.

Back at the Apple Grotto, Theanore stared at the empty ant hills and sighed. Only 10,000 ants had remained behind. A lot of the ants had even gone to Alerion.

Was she an inadequate dungeon core? But she didn't want to hurt anyone!

At least her plants didn't want to kill anyone. All they wanted was water and sunlight. And, in some cases, they didn't even want sunlight.

So, she decided to take her mind off the betrayal of the ants by tending her plants.

Chapter 54: Four leaved clovers