"You-Know-Who-sob-stay away-stay away!" Cornelius Fudge lay in a bed in the Hospital Wing, his eyes tightly shut, tears soaking his pillow. He shuddered from time to time, wrapped in nightmares. "I'm not-I won't-"
"Penny-ugh-" Percy Weasley, on the other side, looked to be in a terrible state too, though clearly much better than Fudge. "No-that wasn't what I meant to say-no!"
"Another cup-" "It's past three. Stop working and have some tea first-hopefully today's afternoon tea treats aren't those damned brown sugar biscuits-"
Lying in several other beds were the members of the Ghost Office's "Umbridge-catching squad." They seemed to be sleeping very soundly indeed, occasionally letting slip a few lines of sweet sleep talk, in stark contrast to Fudge and Percy.
According to Madam Pomfrey, after these fellows stepped into the Hospital Wing and realized that "the Minister for Magic had descended into madness that was difficult to treat after visiting Hogwarts late at night," they had, under the leadership of the Ghost Office's director, made the unusually decisive choice to collectively use a spray potion called "Life in a Dream."
"Life in a Dream spray potion" was a potion that acted on memory, made by mixing various magical plants with large quantities of flavored liquor. Industry insiders praised it as an enhanced version of the Memory Charm. Because it was expensive to produce, it was supplied almost exclusively to certain Ministry of Magic offices responsible for special operations, such as the Ghost Office.
This was because members of offices like the Ghost Office frequently came into contact with Muggles during their work, which increased the number of Muggles who witnessed magic and, in turn, increased their workload, creating a vicious cycle. Since casting Memory Charms on Muggles one by one was simply too time-consuming and laborious, this convenient