i feel as if she made a mistake decreasing her reputation with the guards..

it was already nonexistent... they did not even pretend to respect her in spite of the fact that their master was the one who made a decision to adopt her.
just the fact that she looked pretty, would not make them loyal to her.
but how she acted gained a lot points with one of the main target MLs.
she does not have much time to work for gaining love of group of people who are not significant and are gonna hate her no matter what.