As the Champions from the five Magic Schools arrived one after another, Rita Skeeter also busied herself. Any Champion who entered the classroom would be interviewed by her.
However, the interviews varied in length. Harry's interview, for example, was a little longer than the other Champions'.
Once all the Champions had entered the classroom, it was time to take the group photo. Since there were so many of them, the Champions inevitably had to be divided into front and back rows.
Rita Skeeter watched the Champions beginning to take their places, the corners of her mouth curving faintly, her eyes carrying a trace of someone waiting to enjoy the show.
After all, there were five Magic Schools, and two of them had already begun playing petty tricks during the voting stage.
Rita Skeeter had reason to believe that Karkaroff and Seraphina Piqueri would surely want to do something at a time like this as well.
And the facts were just as she had expected. Karkaroff and Viktor Krum were discussing something, and Karkaroff's hand was pointing toward the center position.
Viktor Krum answered Karkaroff with his actions. He shook his head repeatedly and stood together with the other two Durmstrang Champions.
It was a similar situation with Ilvermorny. The Champions there likewise had no intention of following their headmistress's suggestion, instead choosing their own places to stand.
Looking at the Hogwarts Champions standing in the front row, and at Vizet in the middle, Rita Skeeter murmured softly, "He really is popular..."
During the interviews, Rita Skeeter had tried every possible way to draw things out of them, bringing up the abnormalities that had occurred during the Champion selection.
What surprised her, however, was that no matter which school the Champions came from, they all deliberately avoided the question, using excuses