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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)

Now that Crassus had left to see Thea, Luca was in charge of the Apple Grotto.

The gremlin was busy making a house by the lake, so Luca had full control of the rest of the builder ants.

Which was good because Luca needed them for a project of his own.

He was sure Theanore wouldn't mind. He had been thinking. He missed being a dungeon core.

Not being imprisoned in his own crystal, but the early days when he had plenty of stingrays and had them swim in circles as if they were dancing.

There were a lot of enchanted items lying around, and the sea was a stone's throw away. Luca just needed an unoccupied cave, hopefully on an island, and then he could become a dungeon core again.

He still had his life-extending ring. Luca itched to create!

Chapter 123: A Good Deed