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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)

It had taken more than an hour for Darion's plant to take root. An entire day, in fact!

But was it worth it? Fairies descended on the factory and when they didn't see the fairy dust they began to loot and wreck the place.

Grandpa Thinker came to the factory personally, and he put all the fairies on static, getting them out. But by that time the damage was done.

Snow came in through holes in the roof and walls. Flames licked the production lines. Glitter coated every surface.

"This is a nightmare!" grandpa Thinker said, as he pointed another gremlin firefighter squat to the more pressing area of the destruction.

Mainly, the glitter mixing cauldron.

"First the coal factory and now this! And just when I got my name off of the bad list!" continued grandpa Thinker. Grandma Thinker placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

Chapter 55: The investment