It's not surprising that Cassandra had such a reaction, after all, anyone would be shocked speechless by such a shocking piece of news.
Although Cassandra's reaction was a bit over the top, it was understandable.
Harry wiped the pumpkin juice off his face; he really hadn't expected Cassandra to react like that.
Couldn't you just shout out? Why did you have to spray pumpkin juice on me?
"Sorry." Cassandra stifled a laugh, taking out a handkerchief to wipe Harry's face, "I was just too surprised, too surprised... I really didn't expect this kind of result... What about you?"
"I was shocked." Harry let Cassandra wipe his face.
"I was shocked too," Pabi said from the side, "So when Vivi returns, should we tell her about this?"
"Isn't that a bit bad?" Harry scratched his head, "Gael didn't say he planned to do anything bad, so would selling him out like this be a bit unkind?"
"It's not about being unkind," Cassandra said, crossing her arms, "Grindelwald is bound to know about this, and besides, we have to tell her the truth whether in emotion or in reason."
"Why?" Harry raised an eyebrow and asked.
Cassandra spread her hands, her face lifting.
"I just purely want to see Grindelwald's reaction."
Oh, Harry understood now.
Cassandra didn't want to tell Vivi about this; she just purely wanted to see Vivi's reaction to the news.
To put it plainly—she wanted to watch the fun.
If that's the case...
Harry thought, I kind of want to watch the fun too.
Just at that moment, Vivi returned to the seats.
"Hey, why are you all sitting here?" Vivi smiled as she sat down, "Sorry, I had to handle a call from the department... Why aren't you continuing to dance? Pabi? Didn't you say you wanted to dance a few more dances with Harry? Why rest now?"
She obviously hadn't realized what had happened, and was still in the mood to tease.
Pabi glanced at Cassandra and then at Harry, still debating whether to say it or not in her heart.
Seeing her hesitating look, Vivi curiously asked, "What's up? Are you...?"
"Nothing, nothing." Pabi quickly waved her hand, "I just... uh, well, nothing, just a bit tired."
"Then have a good rest," Vivi said, unsuspectingly, picking up her cup of pumpkin juice from the table.
"By the way." Seeing Pabi was truly useless, Cassandra spoke up, "Grindelwald, there's something I think you must know."
"What is it?" Vivi didn't realize something big was about to happen.
"Did you notice Dumbledore's dance partner?" Cassandra pointed in Dumbledore's direction.
Gellert, who had relaxed because Harry and Pabi left, felt a chill shoot up from his tailbone to his head.
Jesus, there's a sense of impending doom.
"Oh," Vivi sipped her pumpkin juice, "Looks familiar, but I can't remember which elderly woman I know of that age..."
"Of course, you don't know 'her' as any of the elderly women," Cassandra's eyes flashed with a hint of glee, "Or should I say, he's not an elderly woman... What if he is a disguised man?"
"Man?" Vivi suddenly felt something amiss, she even forgot to swallow the pumpkin juice in her mouth.
Cassandra lifted her chin, proudly saying, "Yeah, think about it, which man would dance with our dear Principal?"
Vivi's expression froze.
"Pft—!!"
She couldn't hold it in, spewing pumpkin juice all over Harry's face.
Harry: Are you serious? Girl?
Did you two plan this together?
Specially to spray pumpkin juice on my face? Is my face a trash can?
Vivi pulled out a tissue, carefully wiping Harry's face.
She tried not to think about what her brother had done.
Men dancing with Principal Dumbledore, Vivi immediately locked her mind on Gellert.
Indeed, besides Gellert's true love, who else would make such a sacrifice, cross-dressing to dance with Principal Dumbledore?
Family misfortune, family misfortune indeed!
"I suggest, you'll avoid doing this when you're excited in the future." Harry looked at Vivi expressionlessly.
"Sorry, sorry." Vivi took off Harry's glasses, used a Cleaned Up spell to clean off the pumpkin juice, and put them back on Harry, "My mistake, darling..."
"My vulnerable heart needs compensation." Harry continued expressionlessly, "Not just you, Cassandra did the same—both of you need to compensate me!"
"Fine, I'll compensate you." Vivi leaned in to give Harry a gentle kiss on the cheek.
After the kiss, she sat back down, calmly ordering a small cake and some juice, with no intent to go confront Gellert.
"Don't you think, compared to sitting here idly, you have more important things to do?" Cassandra tried to remind Vivi, "The Grindelwald clan can't continue to be shamed like this!"
"Indeed, the Grindelwald clan shouldn't be shamed like this," Vivi said with a slight smile, "But if I pretend it didn't happen, then no one will know it was the cross-dressing Gellert dancing with Principal Dumbledore—if I lose it now, that's when the Grindelwald clan will truly be shamed..."