"I hope he won't do evil in the future. If he does, you'll be responsible for him."
Kami was so depressed by He-El that he did not want to speak. With an irritated wave, he told He-El to take King Piccolo's Egg and leave.
What else could he do if they did not leave? He was no match for He-El, and He-El had even helped him resolve the huge problem of King Piccolo.
"I can't guarantee that." He-El smiled, cradled King Piccolo's Egg, and turned to leave Kami's palace, ignoring the fuming Kami.
After leaving Kami's room and arriving at the plaza of Kami's Lookout, He-El flicked King Piccolo's Egg and teased, "Are you still not planning to come out?"
King Piccolo's Egg swayed in He-El's hand, as though it were thinking. After a moment, a tiny green fist punched through the shell from within, tearing it open as Piccolo Jr. emerged from the egg.
He was completely a child version of King Piccolo.
However, although this child possessed King Piccolo's origin and memories, he was not King Piccolo. It was more like he had watched a film of King Piccolo through those memories, inherited King Piccolo's goal and will for revenge, and was carrying out that goal with his own consciousness.
As long as he was not King Piccolo, He-El had no objections. Even if Piccolo learned that King Piccolo had died by He-El's hand, there was nothing that needed to be hidden.
The tiny Piccolo jumped down from He-El's hand to the ground. With his lips pursed and head raised, his little face wore a stubborn, cold expression. Looking every bit like an obstinate child, he snorted and said:
"Don't think I'll be grateful just because you saved my birth from that old man! Don't dream that I'll