Inside He-El and Bulma's Spaceship.
"Master He-El, we've arrived!" Dandy informed Bulma and He-El, his voice tinged with excitement.
He-El and Bulma came to the command room. Bulma could not hold back her excited shout. "Finally! If we didn't arrive soon, I was going to throw up."
After traveling for over a year, Bulma had never gone so long without leaving a spaceship.
Especially since, throughout that year, He-El had forcibly trained her every day, tempering her skill in using psychic power.
Bulma herself was not someone who liked exercising. After training for over a year, she felt so exhausted that death seemed preferable to life.
No matter how she begged, pleaded, acted cute, or threw tantrums, He-El ignored her. She was not even allowed to enter the Dreaming to pass the time.
To Bulma, that year had been deeply terrifying.
She had no idea how Goku and the others, whom He-El had taught before, had managed to endure it.
In any case, Bulma did not want He-El to keep training her.
"Ahhh—ahhhhhhhhh! Finally, I can stand on solid ground! Ahhhhh!" Bulma leaped wildly onto He-El's back, wrapped her legs around his waist, and yelled like an ape, delighted beyond measure.
"Dandy, land the ship. It seems Planet Namek is still fine. We returned at just the right time," He-El ordered, carrying Bulma on his back as she howled like an ape.
Planet Namek was naturally fine.
Raditz, Vegeta, and Nappa had been defeated directly on Earth. They had not discussed the Dragon Balls over their communicators, so Frieza, who had been listening in, naturally did not learn that Planet Namek had Dragon Balls. Naturally, he had not come to invade Planet Namek.
Planet Namek had naturally remained safe and sound.
But that was fine.
If Frieza did not come,