Revival Herb, as its name implied, was a medicinal herb with extremely potent healing properties. After being consumed, it could quickly restore a Pokémon's condition.
Of course, Revival Herb was merely highly effective at healing. Its meaning was to "give Pokémon new life"; it did not truly possess resurrection powers like Ho-Oh's Sacred Ash.
In fact, the healing effect of an ordinary-quality Revival Herb was even inferior to the lowest grade of Healing Water created by Suicune.
Even so, Revival Herb remained extremely expensive. After all, Healing Water and Sacred Ash were items that existed only in legends, while Revival Herb truly existed.
The total cost of just this small bottle of seasoning powder in Ye Lan's hands amounted to an entire week's revenue for the restaurant. Revival Herb could only be exchanged in limited quantities at the academy, and he had even ruined one plant during his experiments. Every shake of the bottle made his heart ache.
Revival Herb itself tasted incredibly bitter, yet this was a flavor Ye Lan had never considered or attempted before.
He had always been biased by first impressions. Bitterness was indeed difficult for humans to accept, but many Pokémon enjoyed it. Moreover, after his extraction and processing, that bitter taste gradually faded. Once blended into the seasoning powder, it slowly transformed into a refreshing sensation that made Grass-type Pokémon feel as though they had entered a forest the moment they smelled it.
This was not bitterness. It was a forest growing upon the tip of the tongue.
As for the cost, a pained look flashed through Ye Lan's eyes whenever he thought of it. Still, he did not become stingy. He had made it to be eaten, after all. Leafeon had just returned home, so he would treat it as a welcome-home feast