Deciding not to question Nightmare too much, I sort of just accepted the fact that I was his personal guard now. But.. what do personal guards even do? I didn't know, and I was kind of afraid to ask. I mean, I know they're supposed to protect or whatever, but would I even be able to protect him? Not knowing the answer made me visibly sweaty, and Chara had passed out from the surprising news, so it was even more awkward with me being 'alone' in a sense, other than Nightmare being here of course.

"Hey, what's up with your eye-lights? They're both white all of a sudden."

Nightmare asked this out of the blue. It made me snap out of my spaced out state and remember that whenever Chara was knocked out that my eye-lights would go back to 'normal'. To be honest, I almost forgot since I don't look in the mirror too often.

"Oh, uhh... I dunno.. they just do that sometimes."

I said this nervously, hoping he would buy it. Since I haven't told him about Chara yet, I feel like it would be even more awkward to mention them now. He raised a non-existent eyebrow, not seeming to completely believe me, but he seemed to lay off for now as he didn't pry more into it.

"Do you even know what to do as a personal guard?"

Nightmare said this with a slight smirk on his face. He probably caught on to me not really knowing for sure what to do because of how nervous and sweaty I was. Sheesh.. why do skeletons even sweat? It's so dumb, stupid magic.

"No.. but I'm sure I can learn what to do after I gain some experience. Also, uh.. do you have any tips for how I should start out?"

I asked this while twiddling my fingers together, it was calming to watch them go around each other like how the planets go around the sun. It made me less nervous, I just hoped I didn't get made fun of for it, I wouldn't blame Nightmare if he did though.. I look like such a nerd.

"Well, you should follow me around and protect me at all costs. I can't die permanently, and not to 'normal' causes either. The only thing that hurts me is positivity, it's a nuisance, just like my brother. He's full of it."

Nightmare explained this to me which made me feel slightly relieved. At least he wouldn't die if I messed up or something, but I'll still do my best to protect him.. if I'm even able to. I honestly don't know why he's putting so much trust into a newbie like me, but I shouldn't question him. He's too intimidating anyways.

"Alright, thank you sir, I'll do my best."

I clasped my hands together and did a little bow respectfully.

"There's no need for you to do things like that.."

He grimaced.

"But, you're welcome, I guess. Now, follow me."

Nightmare gestured for me to follow him, and I did. It was a room full of training dummies. I guess if I wanted to be more able to protect him, I'd have to grow stronger, so it made sense. Even though I didn't feel like fighting anyone right now.. at least the dummies weren't real people.

"You'll train here every day at around this time, got that? Don't forget. I'll be watching~"

And with that, he was gone.