System: Build My Own Territory

Chapter 858: Chapter 269: The Emperor of the Empire Dies Suddenly (10,000 Words) (3)

Because of excessive sweating, an intense thirst appeared in his mouth.

Charlemagne VI’s gaze shifted, and he painfully swept a glance around the sides of the large bed.

But he found no attendant waiting by his side.

Charlemagne VI forcefully swallowed a mouthful of saliva, slowly moving his arms, trying to prop himself up and sit up from the large bed.

However, after several attempts, Charlemagne VI still could not sit up.

The continuous movements made his already parched and bitter mouth even more restless.

Even his originally dry lips began to crack.

Charlemagne VI’s gaze shifted again to the bedside cabinet.

On the bedside cabinet, there was a beautifully crafted glazed bottle!

A glimmer of salvation appeared in his eyes.

As long as he could topple the glazed bottle, making it fall to the ground,

the sound of shattering would surely attract the attention of the guards outside the door!

Charlemagne VI began to move his body with difficulty.

At this moment, his eyes were fixed on that glazed bottle, and his body was moving slowly by mere centimeters on the large bed.

Until this moment.

Charlemagne VI was full of regret in his heart.

Why was the bed he rested and slept on alone now made nearly three meters wide!

Moving from the middle of the large bed to the bedside cabinet over a distance of more than a meter.

To him at this moment, it seemed like an insurmountable chasm.

Time moved on bit by bit.

The sweat that originally formed now turned into beads of sweat.

One drop after another rolled down from Charlemagne VI’s forehead.

However, fortunately,

his lifted right hand was only a dozen centimeters away from the glazed bottle.

He just needed to try a little harder to touch the glazed bottle.

Then use the last of his strength to topple the glazed bottle!

Charlemagne VI continued to move his body lying on the bed...

Until ten minutes later.

Charlemagne VI’s right-hand fingers finally touched the glazed bottle.

A cool, smooth sensation appeared on his fingertips.

A gloss of determination appeared in Charlemagne VI’s eyes.

He opened his mouth, took a breath of air, and his whole body shook abruptly.

Charlemagne VI nearly exhausted all his strength, pushing the glazed bottle with three fingers.

However.

The glazed bottle did not topple and fall to the ground as Charlemagne VI imagined.

Instead, under the force, the glazed bottle started to sway back and forth.

Gurgle~ Gurgle~

The sound rose and fell on the entire jade bedside cabinet.

Charlemagne VI watched this scene, even holding his breath.

Moving from the middle of the bed to the edge.

Then almost exhausting all his strength, he barely pushed the glazed bottle.

If the glazed bottle could not fall, he would remain thirsty all night.

He wanted to live like a normal person, resting when tired, eating when hungry, drinking water when thirsty...

Even if he was still the Emperor of the Empire now.

He no longer had the ability to move freely.

Because now he had reached sixty-five!

The old wounds from his past battles left him unable to move a few years ago.

Moreover, his two sons were in the midst of a power struggle.

The noble lords who once knelt before him had all turned to join the camps of his two sons.

Even the servants who used to take care of him had vanished.

At this moment, Charlemagne VI could not care about those matters.

He felt in his heart,

If he didn’t drink water today, he would die of thirst tonight!

Charlemagne VI stared straight at the glazed bottle on the bedside cabinet.

As if trying to cheer for it with the power of his gaze.

After a few swings, the glazed bottle seemed to reach a critical point.

Gurgle~ Gurgle~

The sound disappeared in an instant.

The beautifully crafted glazed bottle toppled down.

With a humming sound, it rolled toward the edge of the jade bedside cabinet.

Charlemagne VI’s eyes widened, unable to look away from the glazed bottle.

He knew very well in his heart.

As long as the glazed bottle fell, it would surely make a crisp, shattering sound.

The sound would surely attract the attention of the guards outside the chamber.

As long as the guards entered the chamber, he could solve the urgent problem.

However.

Just as the glazed bottle left the jade bedside cabinet, about to fall.

A perpetually dark arm extended from beneath the large bed where Charlemagne VI lay.

Precisely grasping the glazed bottle in its hand.

Not hearing the crisp sound imagined in his mind, Charlemagne VI’s eyes widened.

He hurriedly tried to move his body again, turning his head with difficulty, attempting to look at the glazed bottle.

All he saw,

was a dark silhouette slowly crawling out from beneath his large bed.

Charlemagne VI’s pupils contracted instantly, filled with terror.

Watching that shapely, slender figure stand upright.

Charlemagne VI no longer cared about the dryness in his mouth.

Nearly exhausting everything, he tried to escape to the other side from the edge of the bed.

However, after the movement just now, he had already used up all his strength.

Now, after moving a few centimeters, he couldn’t move any further.

Huff huff~

Charlemagne VI’s mouth opened wide, continuously inhaling and exhaling air.

He could only watch, as the eerie female outline enlarged in his gaze.