What the Duke Picked Up in the Forest

Description

“I’m going to do this for the last time, so let me go back with my memories.”

Those who died for me 29 times... I wanted to protect you with my own hands at least once. I want to protect those poor and pitiful 'my people.'

Thus, Elysia's 30th and last regression began. Everything began to change as if fate had been twisted into place. A child who was born without a ‘sign’ in a family that received God’s protection and lived a harsh life. I gradually realize that the beginning of the curse disguised as God's blessing all started with one person...

Original Novel:
Chapters, Volumes

Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series

Official Translations:
S.Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Ce qui le duc ramassa dans la forêt

Co Książę Znalazł w Lesie

Duke mengambil sesuatu di hutan

Dük ormanda ne buldu?

El duque cogió algo en el bosque

Lo que el duque recogió en el bosque

The Duke Picked up Something in the Forest

What the Duke Found in the Forest

What the Duke Found in the Forest (Indonesian)

Что нашёл герцог в лесу

森の中で公爵が拾ったのは

森林中公爵找到的她

숲 속에서 공작이 주운것은

숲속에서 공작이 주운 것은

Groups Scanlating

ARENA_SCANS

Ezmanga

Little Cacti Scans

Latest Release(s)

c.42 by Ezmanga 4 months ago

c.40-41 by Ezmanga 4 months ago

c.6 by ARENA_SCANS 3 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

95 Chapters (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 6.5 / 10.0 (17 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.34 / 10.0

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Last Updated

November 20th, 2025 12:24pm PST - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Fantasy Josei Romance
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

MON쉘 [Add]

Artist(s)

Jeb

Year

2022

Original Publisher

Naver

Terapin

Serialized In (magazine)

Naver Webtoon (Naver)

Naver Series (Naver)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #815

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Monthly Pos #1788

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3 Month Pos #3095

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6 Month Pos #3555

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Year Pos #4632

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On 15 completed lists

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Unsatisfying Ending

by Pompina Q
10 months ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I hope this gets an official English translation soon. The story itself is very interesting and the art is beautiful. I’ll just mention two points and then everyone could make their own decisions on whether they want to read this or not.

The first point is the age gap, I’m not sure why there were so many comments about this when this is a fictional story based in a fantasy world, about a relationship between a God and a reincarnated soul. Even then the story itself doesn’t transition into a romantic love story until after the FL is an adult (even by today’s society standards) already. That’s all I really have to say about that. I think if you’re gonna use this as a reason, not to read the story that you should just admit you don’t like the story for other reasons to me the age gap is not even an issue. It actually adds to the story as it’s written.

The second point is they did a great job world building and creating a lot of more in this story however, the way the story was finished, felt unsatisfying to me because there were many loose ends. It felt rushed to me.

Throughout most of the story, the second wife seems like such a strong antagonist to our hero heroine yet her not so secret plot of wanting to kill her stepdaughter is revealed in a very lackluster way, and she is sentenced to death and just never shown again.

Even though you suspected through most of the story, it’s a very briefly mentioned that the second wife was also manipulating her own daughter and using her that issue is resolved way too quickly and only addressed by our FL mentioning it in passing the sister is written out of the story in a one panel letter where she admits to still hating the sister, but hating herself more. And then she is just never shown again.

The grand reveal that the second wife murdered the first wife is mentioned in passing and other than the moment it’s revealed in is never addressed again.

The main villain ends up being the priest and most of the action here at the end of the story takes place “off screen“. The ML is able to get his full power quickly at the last minute and is able to quickly defeat the main villain.

In the last chapter in the last half the ML decides to become human, cancel the blessing on the kingdom and the blessing on the FL bloodline. Then they walk down the aisle and get married. There is a very brief flash forward to them having a daughter, but it’s literally the quickest thing ever.

I really wish that they would’ve taken the time to invest into wrapping up all these threads so that the story could end a more satisfying way.

I still recommend reading the story because it is a good story. It just could’ve been much better. I can’t wait for the official English to come out. Hopefully it does. I’ll read it again at that point.

... Last updated 10 months ago

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People need to not accuse others of nasty things...

by Riayl
3 years ago

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...when they can't be bothered to actually find out the truth. It is really disgusting to make baseless insinuations like that.

There is NO romantic relationship between a 10 year old and a 20 year old. But I guess reading something BEFORE jumping to conclusions and making wrongful statements is too much to ask.

For anyone concerned, yes there is an age difference. Yes the fl meets the ml when she is 10. He rescues her and teaches her swordsmanship for a short period of time before going off to war. Romance between them doesn't happen until the fl is physically 20. Maybe you still don't like that gap, fine, but there is nothing immoral or illegal about a ten year age gap between ADULTS. -_- It's actually fairly common.

So if it sounds interesting but you were scared off by talk of an underage relationship...once again I will say, there is zero romance with a child, romance doesn't happen until the fl is 20. Without being too spoilery, it is actually impossible for there to be any romance for the 7 years directly proceeding her turning 20. And if there was romance before that this would have seriously different tags.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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