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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 had run away from home and told Eliza that he was divorcing her!

He had been mean about it too. Cassius had thrown a tantrum and had gone to his room without dinner when they found out the news. He thought that she would do the same as Marinus.

Theanore didn't know how to explain to him that she was not going to leave him. Her mother had explained to her that the war would rekindle if she were to leave Cassius.

The Emperor and Empress had said the same.

Theanore had gone to Old Dany. She was her only true friend in this place.

"Old Dany, why do I have to stay here if I don't like it here?" Theanore asked the old nanny.

Chapter 130: Friends in Need