Sunflower Boulevard

Love? Not really. He was simply eager to find an opponent, someone who could affirm the glory of his status as a swordsman. But he never imagined that the challenger chosen by the chairman, a person said to possess "legendary magical skills," had already fallen so far as to become a powerless village youth who couldn't even cast basic mending magic... Well, all right, this guy is kind of interesting. Serious story, two strong leads. A bit of love-hate, possibly angsty, but it should have a happy ending.