It wasn't only the champions; the students were chatting happily, and so were most of the professors and guests.
They had shed their usual relatively serious clothes and changed into all kinds of dress robes, their faces full of ease as they swirled wineglasses and talked leisurely.
When the conversation grew lively, they would even break into cheerful smiles, clink glasses, and take another hearty drink.
Though Madame Maxime was sitting at the head table and Hagrid at the Teachers' Table, the two were very close together. Given their towering builds, they only had to turn slightly to hear each other speak.
Hagrid was especially animated, happily saying something to Madame Maxime, his hands waving and gesturing from time to time.
His dress robe was rather fitted, and whenever he spread his arms to gesture, the taut fabric, held together by its buttons, made sounds like ropes being tightened.
Professor Moody sat beside Hagrid. After Hagrid and Madame Maxime started chatting, Moody's Magical Eye stopped turning.
Moody was probably using the Magical Eye to keep watch on Hagrid, making sure that if Hagrid's dress robe burst open, the plate-sized buttons would not fly into him.
Compared with the others, Old Barty Crouch was much more restrained. Ludo Bagman raised his glass several times, wanting to have a drink with Old Barty Crouch, but Old Barty Crouch refused him every time.
And the most serious person in the whole hall was probably Snape.
He was still wearing his usual black robes, his expression as cold and indifferent as ever, and the food that appeared on his plate was also the same few things he usually ate.
When the sound of menus being read in the Great Hall had mostly faded, Dumbledore stood up, holding a goblet in one hand and