"Magical Automata?" Harry paused for a moment, then immediately understood what they meant.
They must have been inspired by the Magical Automata they had seen Professor Flitwick use to organize the activities at today's Duelling Club.
Professor Flitwick had brought two kinds of Magical Automata. The one Harry had fought on the platform could use two Dark Magic spells. The Magical Automata below, which the students used for practice, could only cast a Disarming Charm.
"Yes, Magical Automata." The other twin came over too and said earnestly:
"We definitely couldn't make a magical puppet use magic. That's far too complicated, and we probably couldn't manage some of the more intricate movements either. But if it only needs to put materials into the device, that shouldn't be too hard.
"I think we could do a little research. Ron seems to have quite a lot of reference material that Bill sent him."
"Yes, that's a good idea." Harry nodded repeatedly as he listened. "That way, we could at least keep the device running at full capacity for a week."
At the mention of a week, all three felt somewhat dejected again.
"By the way, hasn't our first batch of products already gone on sale? What's the response been like?" Seeing the mood grow a little subdued, Harry shifted the subject slightly.
"Absolutely explosive!" The twins immediately perked up at this. "Zonko's keeps chasing us for more, but they'll have to wait until Easter. Sigh..."
"That's not bad either. Didn't we make a batch before we left? We can give them that first at Easter, and we can keep producing more over the Easter holidays. If we can get the Magical Automata working before Easter, production will be even faster," Harry said.
The twins nodded repeatedly in agreement with Harry's suggestion. One of