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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)

Marinus swam and Luca swam behind him. The changeling was bewitched by the sea creatures around him. He reached out to touch them every so often. When they didn't swim away, Luca would giggle.

They kept swimming underneath the surface.

They were closer to the shore, and they couldn't risk being seen by humans.

It was strange for Luca to eat raw fish. He was used to the fruit that the system created for him. But Marinus caught it for him and even bit off the heads, so the boy had no choice.

They swam by a mermaid village and Marinus couldn't resist the temptation. He had to say hi!

Mermen and mermaids usually lived separately. They only came together for mating. But male children were allowed in the mermaid villages until they became 18.

Luca was drinking in the sights. So far, he could see apartment buildings in the shape of coral reefs in the entire village.

Chapter 72: The sale pitch