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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)

Lucius Orlock spurred his horse on. He needed to meet the countess and her friends before they left.

It had been a shock to him when Princess Theanore had said they were going to the Dungeon of Illusions.

Her fury was a silent one and thus even more dangerous than most. She had berated her daughter for sending her court wizard and his friends there, but the Princess had said something about a lost Naga and an elf.

Now, Lucius had not stuck around. But he had ridden quickly with only a note sent to his father instead.

He had claimed he would be going into the Forest of Plenty to retrieve the Orlock's lost sword: Bright Flame.

What he wanted was to protect the countess!

Diana Raskovic had saved him when he thought that he would remain as a frog his entire life. She had asked for nothing in return. And so, Lucius wanted to protect her from the ogresand giants of No Man's Land.

Chapter 122: Ogres!