Ravus isn't entirely to blame for Ardyn's involvement in this little escapade. The man himself was insistent that he help out around the town more after being inspired by the events at the Town Town Hall meeting. If Regis, Cor, and others were so determined to make him out to be the villain, that was fine. He could easily be their martyr instead in that case.

After all, he may have been bad before but here? Here, he's a stand-up citizen. He's helping old ladies transport their baked goods across Town safely. What kind of nefarious man would go out of his way like that?

This one, as it turns out, because he's a manipulative bastard like that. Most don't seem much the wiser though so far. The old ladies certainly don't as he does his best to be charming, personable, and as good of company as anyone could be. There's giggles at the 'oh, she didn't' he offers up about the local Town gossip. It's all going quite swimmingly... until they separate from Ravus and the grandmothers. Ardyn waves them off, of course, before turning back to Ignis.

"Well, that depends on what exactly you have in mind for 'dealing' with it." The bandits, he knows. He saw the footprints, the obvious signs- They were sloppy about it, really. He can't blame them when their targets are usually average, vulnerable citizens they wouldn't need to worry about. But Ardyn and Ignis both aren't usual in a lot of ways.