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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)

It was the second day of food rationing, and some of the grotto's children worried about their future. Even though they had been told that it would only last a month, the memories of the orphanage were fresh in their minds.

Theanore wondered how she could cheer them up, and then it came to her. She had plenty of silk. She could let the children play with it. And Bunny Day was coming. They needed to each have a silk apron anyway.

So, she had the children each take a silk bundle and begin to make their aprons. The older children helped the younger ones, and Theanore made the aprons for herself, Mary, and Archibald.

She had originally given some silk to Archibald, but he ended up cutting out circles from it and sticking them to his head. Mary couldn't make her apron because she was still just a spirit.

Chapter 139: Preparations for Bunny Day!