Making the wizarding world livelier meant, of course, making the new runes public.
Will had not intended to do that. There was no need, after all. What he had not expected was for Fernando to be so exacting—and to actually discover the problem in that small section of his paper.
Professor Flitwick had discussed the matter with Will. He said that very few people would actually care. For one thing, Will's research had practical applications, his process was sound and followed standard procedures, and his work was so profound that most people might not even understand it, let alone find fault with it.
As long as the Sleeping Charm worked well, most wizards would not even read his paper. Will understood. It had been the same in his previous life: people happily enjoyed the fruits of technology, but few cared about the developers' theoretical foundations or academic research frameworks.
For another, magic was mysterious, and often involved the very foundations of a wizard's livelihood. Most people could accept this sort of concealment. Only a small number of rigid academics insisted that wizards reveal their research in its entirety.
So when this happened, even Professor Flitwick thought Fernando was being rather unreasonable.
Snape's assessment of the fellow was: a little stupid, with no brains for anything outside academic research and potion brewing.
Professor Babbling, by contrast, looked at Will with anticipation—she had been eager to see his research into new runes all along, and had been disappointed when he chose to keep it secret. Who would have thought this would turn out to be a blessing in disguise?
After a brief discussion, they reached a conclusion: give Will some time off so he could finish drafting his paper without other students or classes getting in his way.
Dumbledore looked at Will.