That could've been a whole lot more catastrophic if he stuck to that idea and simply went around ruining her name to isolate her, which leaves me both relieved and slightly irritated he threw away the perfect plan there - relieved that she won't have dangerously powerful people (more specifically, full-blown heroes) thrown at her just yet (since that'd be exactly what she'd want, and likely bring the story to a sooner end), but irritated he got written off as a an absolute fool while being the shadiest (and quite literally the most dangerous) opponent on the enemy side due to all he could've done!
Well, rambling aside, thanks for the translation - fight, fight, fight!