I do not own Fire Emblem, but I own the OC.
"Sara, what do you think of this?"
Taking a moment to look at Sakura's poem, I kept my eyes off the fidgeting girl whose eyes were both equally fearful and hopeful. Her normally pristine hands were smudged in ink and a light hue of red from attending injured soldiers earlier that day. Red hair was slightly mussed from the piling work that threatened to take Sakura over. Droopy eyelids that wanted to sleep were looking at me for my answer.
Oh, can someone please, for the love of all things adorable, give this poor cinnamon bun child a hug because damn, the poor girl has suffered a lot in the past few weeks? Granted, she's only a few years younger than me, but still. If I need to stuff her in a burrito blanket, feed her milk and cookies, and cuddle with her like a baby, I will do so, pride be damned!
My inward pleas were ignored for the time being in favor of not scaring the child, "It's really nice, but I can't understand some of the kanji. I'm honestly not the best when language comes into the picture, but I'll try."
"O-Oh... I thought you knew it. Kanji, I mean. You do hang out with many Hoshidian soldiers, after all."
"I only know some strings of the language, and that's only verbally with some insults peppered about," I reasoned. "Trying to write it, however, is a completely different story."
"... Is that why you cursed at Silas in Japanese when you got down from the tree?"
"What better way to curse at someone than in a language they can't understand?"
"Please don't hurt anyone in the process. It would be bad if someone- U-Um, why are you hugging me all of a sudden?"
This child must be protected at all costs; no quesitions asked.
I'm pretty sure that many people can agree that Hoshido is based on Japan. However, since I think Hoshidans would think first of peace before war, they'd have to communicate with the enemy.
Therefore, the soldiers from there are bilingual. Nohrian soldiers don't have access to this as they primarily focused on the combat aspect of things, thus why they don't understand Japanese. I'm thinking of a mix between German and French for Nohr, but I know neither language.