Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 379 Housework Doll
A cold wind blew in the birch forest under the cover of night. From time to time, the cooing of owls could be heard from the treetops, and the strange noises on the ground were even more creepy.

In the wooden house by the woods, you can smell alcohol when standing outside the window. If you look inside through the crack in the window, you can see two middle-aged men, an older elf and a young man gathered around a table with a disemboweled blond doll on the table.

Fortunately, the doll was just a puppet, not a real person, otherwise these four guys would have been planted like potatoes in the fields of Siberia.

"What an amazing control system!" Professor Chepkin couldn't help but praise it. "It's really amazing. It makes it move like a real person."

In his opinion, apart from this point, there was nothing else about this puppet that was worthy of praise from the professors.

Professor Shimusin said: "The materials are a bit... conservative, I think because of cost reasons. There are many factors to consider when making large quantities, not just performance."

It was the first time that Charles met Professor Shimusin, who taught magical materials. He was in his forties or fifties, a little fat, and his light blond hair was beginning to turn gray.

He said it in a roundabout way, but Charles understood.

Professor Mikhail didn't say anything, but just filled Charles' glass with kvass and poured half kvass and half vodka into the other glasses.

Fortunately, there is a spell inherited from the magic of making the Sorting Hat, which instantly raised the technical level of the puppet, making these professors feel that Charles used low-level materials and technology just to reduce costs.

When everyone's cup was empty again, the puppet study was completed.

Charles took out a large blueprint and spread it on the table, then said to the professors, “This is a new puppet I designed. It can handle both housework and security work.”

"Among them, the combat parts are built-in and can appear on the back when needed."

The fighting part he designed was a pair of angelic white wings, with large feathers underneath that could detach.

Those feathers were the separate network-based high-speed mobile weapon group system that he had been studying since his first year. They could fight autonomously after setting targets, and could also be controlled as additional organs of the user.

Charles plans to let the three professors deal with the new puppet body, and he will be responsible for the control system part.

Professor Chepkin, as the professor of magic item manufacturing, has more experience in making items. He volunteered to be the chief engineer of this project. He carefully asked Party A about the requirements in all aspects.

"Do we need to install a self-destruct system?" Professor Chepkin was a little confused. The things they, the goblins, made were meant to be passed down through the ages, and they never thought of self-destruction.

Professor Mikhail said: "That's understandable. I heard that the biggest gangster in the UK had his men escape from the Education Department. It's very dangerous over there."

"Compared to a few puppets, life is the most important."

Professor Chepkin thought that made sense, and said after some thought: "In this case, we can't be careless when making new puppets."

There was one thing he didn't say: if the new doll wanted to have good performance, the price would naturally not be low.

Considering that Party A is a big capitalist from an old capitalist country, there is no reason for Party B to help save money.

Charles no longer cared about the cost. The current situation had deviated from the "plot" in his memory. God knew what Voldemort would do next.

He has also figured out that if the performance of the new dolls is greatly improved, he will re-flash the old dolls and make them into household and child-rearing dolls for sale.

Professor Chepkin began to study the long list of spells, mainly some spells for handling household chores, and some protective spells that needed to be set on the puppets in advance.

His expression gradually became serious and his brows began to frown.

Charles believes that this involves the issue of mutual interference between different spells, which requires careful study, so it is difficult.

Then Professor Chepkin cast the Flying Spell, and Professor Mikhail went to open the window wider, and two minutes later a thick book flew in.

Charles was a little surprised when he saw the book coming in. He thought that spell interference was so troublesome, and simple daily magic also required a large book to solve.

He leaned over curiously and found that he was extremely wrong, because the title of the book was "Encyclopedia of Life Spells".

Professor Shimushin noticed Charles' astonishment and whispered to him, "Chepkin never does housework at home."

This makes sense. The spell on the puppet involves areas that Professor Chepkin is not familiar with, so he has to look up the book to find out.

Professor Mikhail explained to Charles: "The idea of ​​the fairies is that men are responsible for working and making money, and women are responsible for all housework. This has been the case for thousands of years."

Professor Chepkin said as he flipped through the book: "Some historians believe that this tradition began in the Stone Age, when primitive goblins were like primitive humans, not much stronger than wild beasts."

"Back then, male fairies were responsible for going out hunting, while female fairies' household chores included protecting the safety of their homes. It is the same now."

"The fairies were luckier than the Neanderthals and entered the civilized era, but they were still at a disadvantage and could only hide from place to place."

"The reason goblins are good at making magic items is the same as the reason why Muggles in Switzerland are good at making watches. In ancient Switzerland, when the mountains were closed due to heavy snow in winter, the Muggles there would either go down the mountain to France and Italy to serve as mercenaries, or do manual work at home."

"For thousands of years, goblins have only been able to make various magical items in hiding. In order to sell them, they have to make them better than Muggle wizards. This is how their skills have been honed from generation to generation."

"Making magic items requires full concentration. Otherwise, at best, the materials will be wasted, and at worst, the house will be blown to the ground. So you won't be able to take care of housework."

“Things that are repeated over and over in daily life will gradually become traditions over time, and they will remain even if the social environment changes.”

Charles understood what he was saying. Then Professor Chepkin continued, "But things have changed a bit now. Some young girls are starting to step out of housework and do the same jobs as boys."

Professor Shimusin was familiar with Professor Chepkin's family affairs. He told Charles, "His daughter was the first female fairy to step out of the kitchen and living room and work with men. She is now in charge of legal work in the Magic Committee."

Charles nodded repeatedly as he listened. It was very useful, but the knowledge that would not be used in the exam had been increased.

While chatting, Professor Chepkin prepared the living magic that the puppet would need.

There are several tables in "Encyclopedia of Life Spells", which contain lists of spells that are basic, advanced, and that a professional nanny needs to master. You can just use the professional level ones.

Professor Chepkin said: "If your control system is well done and the dolls can do household chores, I think many people in our country will buy them."

Professor Mikhail also said: "If you want to sell, I can help you contact the channels in China. I have after-sales service with them."

Finally, Professor Shimusin gave Charles a suggestion: "You can use good materials for your own use, and use cheap materials for large-scale sales."

Charles did some calculations in his mind and realized that the market size of household dolls was not small. He knew of no less than seven flying broom manufacturers. Household dolls must be easier to sell than flying brooms.

"This is indeed a good business." Charles suddenly thought of a problem, "I have an idea. If you can solve it, I can let you take charge of the production."

The situation in the British wizarding society is a bit strange now. A cunning rabbit has three burrows. He started to develop some industries abroad so that he could sell them at a loss and run away when necessary.

Professor Chepkin asked him, "What do you think?"

Charles said: "Two of my classmates are researching card-type magic modules."

"For example, recipes in different countries are different. It is not acceptable to sell a housekeeping doll to France that only knows how to cook British dishes. It will be returned."

“So we first make recipes for different countries, store them in record-like components, and then put them in when we sell them to different countries.”

“The same goes for modules like language and customs.”

"I would like to ask you to assist my two classmates in conducting research on this."

Now the Weasley twins' magic Tetris can basically be sold, but they have reached a bottleneck in their research on the card game, their hair is falling out, and there is almost no progress.

Professor Flitwick couldn't help much in this new field, and he also had his own work to do, so Fred and George had to rely on themselves.

So Charles decided to find external help for the two brothers, and Professor Chepkin and his people were just right.

After listening to it, Professor Chepkin said, "It's a very good idea, very challenging. Are they here? If not, you can write to me later."

Normally they would charge a fee for helping outsiders solve technical problems, but Charles linked this matter to the production of dolls, so he regarded it as a technical investment.

Professor Mikhail proposed to jointly build a company, with each party investing in capital and technology. This is indeed a good suggestion.

Charles said he would think about it and that there was no rush and he should make the sample first.

After some discussion, everyone reached a preliminary agreement that Charles had to return to his residence before the curfew, so he left first.

The three professors stayed and continued drinking, but this time they didn't add kvass to the vodka.

Professor Chepkin suddenly asked, "Did you find anything strange about Smith?"

Professor Mikhail shook his head blankly and asked, "What do you think is strange about him?"

Professor Shimusin also said: "I think he is quite normal. If he is eccentric, it's just that he is smarter than his peers...Huh?"

Professor Mikhail saw him like this and asked, "What did you find?"

Professor Shimusin replied: "Have you noticed that we have never treated him as a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child."

They are all middle-aged people, and their tone of voice when speaking to students of this age is different and much friendlier.

The most important thing is that they usually don't drink any alcohol when there are students around, instead of mixing vodka with kvass like tonight, and no one thinks there is anything wrong.

"Some kind of spell?" Professor Chepkin was a little puzzled, "But I don't feel that he cast any spell on himself or us."

He was a little sensitive to spells and was sure that Charles had not used any spells just now.

Professor Mikhail said: "Some people are born with the ability to make others feel a certain way, such as being friendly or something, and there are also people like Veela. He may be the same."

The other two thought that this should be the case and did not delve into it further.

On the other side, Charles was about to return to the castle when the old man appeared in front of him.

"Come with me, an old friend wants to see you."

(End of this chapter)