While travelling on an errand, a free squire becomes the protector of a lost child from a foreign country. He knows his liege lord will be interested since the girl demonstrates the rare gift of magical talent. Despite his apprehension plus vast culture and language barriers, he manages to start the journey back home. That's when his troubles begin.Chapters will drop twice a week (Mondays and Fridays) What to expect:Slow burn? NO burn!Focus on character interactionsSlice of life with restricted violenceLow Fantasy - only humans, weak magicIntent to portray a believable historical setting(yes, this will clash with modern expectations)Happiness, Hilarity, Hijinks, and HumorDoom, Despair, Distress, and Danger?What not to expect:Numbers or numbers going upWeak-to-strong tropesOverpowered fantasiesJuvenile wish fulfillmentModern-style romancesMonsters or strawman villainsNotes:Yes, the contemporary concept of foul language is an anachronism.However, it's such a staple of fantasy literature, I decided to go with it. In fact, to some extent, that's one of the major conceits of my setting.Setting Language Notes:The native language of the characters in the setting is not English.Instead, the primary language is tonal with soft consonants and vowels.However, since the text is in English, jokes and puns will be in English.Cross-language puns are still assumed to work due to cognate ideas.