After all, it was Halloween Eve, and the annual scent of roasted pumpkin filled the castle.
A new generation of "Fred and George" had appeared, leading New Students closer to suits of armor, and when the New Students were startled by the armor suddenly springing to life, these "Fred and George" would burst into cheerful laughter.
The Great Hall had been decorated all over again. Swarms of bats with a strong Halloween Eve atmosphere had appeared, and skeletons were naturally indispensable as well, dancing strange dances around the House banners.
Quite a few students spent the whole day in the entrance hall, their purpose being to see who had entered, using it as conversation material before the feast began;
Hufflepuff was probably the authority on this. They had not even left the entrance hall since yesterday's feast ended.
Many students learned from them that the Durmstrang students had already completed their entries in the latter half of the night;
Those students had been yawning nonstop, bleary-eyed and clearly not fully awake;
Karkaroff, standing beside the Goblet of Fire, showed them no consideration either. He only kept scolding them with a stern expression, waving his Wand and urging those students to hurry up and enter;
There had been only one exception among the Durmstrang students, and that was Viktor Krum. He had waited until morning before entering the castle and dropping his entry parchment into the Goblet of Fire;
According to the intelligence from Hufflepuff, this had most likely happened because Viktor Krum had caught a cold last night, which was why he had not entered together with the other students;
In fact, ever since Karkaroff appeared at Hogwarts, he had constantly shown favoritism toward Viktor Krum. After all, he was a Quidditch star, so it was only natural for this