Her fingers closed around the small crystal vial. Warm to the touch, humming faintly with concentrated energy.
Diamond-rank recovery potion. One of the few remaining in the entire kingdom.
Worth literal fortune, an irreplaceable treasure...
And she was about to drink it like cheap wine. Burn through resources that could save the future from moments that might be even more critical than this one.
Another gamble, that this was the moment that justified the expense.
She pulled it out and consumed it without ceremony.
The liquid absorbed rapidly. Components beginning work on systems that recognized them and directed them where they'd be most effective.
It wasn't like normal healing. Wasn't gradual restoration or slow regeneration. It was like every cell in her body simultaneously remembered what perfect health felt like and snapped back to that state.
