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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)

Grandpa Thinker sat down in his chair and looked through the files before him. So far, the most obvious suspect was the overseer. But he had nothing to gain from all of this.

The only one on the bad list was the old overseer. The gremlin, Darion.

He was on all the places of the accidents at all the times they happened. Grandpa Thinker didn't want to suspect someone who served him for more than 400 years, but he did.

The way he saw it, there was only one thing to do. He needed to send all the workers who got transferred from the original coal mining factory away.

And Darion needed a chance to show him that he didn't deserve to be on the bad list. He knew just the place to send him to.

A blue light blazed, and a missive appeared. Both children lunged at it. Marinus reached it first. He grabbed it and held it over Theanore's head.

Chapter 59: Darion comes to the grotto